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Find who already funds work like yours. Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
Foundation based inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Gave to recipients inAny state AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PR VI Funder typeBoth Private foundations Charities & associations Grants of at leastAny size $10k $50k $100k Active sinceAny year 2023 or later 2024 or later
12 funders with a record of paying for “televison”
Where the money went William S Paley Foundation Inc → The Paley Center for Media: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Cheeryble Foundation → Entertainment Community Fund: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund → Kqed: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Victor E & Caroline E Schutte Foundation → Kcpt- Public Televison 19 Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Chittenden Community Television → Brattleboro Community Televison Inc: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Strum Allesee Family Foundation → Detroit Public Tv: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rosemann Family Foundation → Knpb Public Televison: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2024 C K Blandin Foundation → Northern Minnesota Public Televison Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation → Eternal World Televison: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Todd Family Charitable Foundation → Oklahoma Educational Televison Authority: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Bonne Bell Family Foundation → Eternal World Televison Network: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Joseph & May Winston Foundation → Arizona Pbs: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 William S Paley Foundation Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. William S Paley Foundation Inc $1.5M Cheeryble Foundation: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Cheeryble Foundation $200K Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fu… $100K Victor E & Caroline E Schutte Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Victor E & Caroline E Schutte… $50K Chittenden Community Television: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Chittenden Community Televisi… $45K Strum Allesee Family Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Strum Allesee Family Foundati… $30K Rosemann Family Foundation: $22K on this topic. Open the funder. Rosemann Family Foundation $22K C K Blandin Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. C K Blandin Foundation $15K Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Ernest J and Doris H Howard F… $4K Todd Family Charitable Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. Todd Family Charitable Founda… $2K The Bonne Bell Family Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bonne Bell Family Foundat… $2K Joseph & May Winston Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. Joseph & May Winston Foundati… $1K The Paley Center for Media: received $1.5M on this topic The Paley Center for Media $1.5M Entertainment Community Fund: received $200K on this topic Entertainment Community Fund $200K Kqed: received $100K on this topic Kqed $100K Kcpt- Public Televison 19 Inc: received $50K on this topic Kcpt- Public Televison 19 Inc $50K Brattleboro Community Televison Inc: received $45K on this topic Brattleboro Community Televison… $45K Detroit Public Tv: received $30K on this topic Detroit Public Tv $30K Knpb Public Televison: received $22K on this topic Knpb Public Televison $22K Northern Minnesota Public Televison Inc: received $15K on this topic Northern Minnesota Public Telev… $15K Eternal World Televison: received $4K on this topic Eternal World Televison $4K Oklahoma Educational Televison Authority: received $2K on this topic Oklahoma Educational Televison… $2K Eternal World Televison Network: received $2K on this topic Eternal World Televison Network $2K Arizona Pbs: received $1K on this topic Arizona Pbs $1K 12 funders, 12 recipients, grants matching “televison” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $507,248 to THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA — paley televison festival
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Largest: $50,000 to KQED — to provide public radio, televison, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the bay area.
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Largest: $25,000 to KCPT- PUBLIC TELEVISON 19 INC — unrestricted general
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Largest: $15,000 to DETROIT PUBLIC TV — public televison
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Largest: $12,000 to KNPB Public Televison — operating grant for the arts
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Largest: $200,000 to ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND — supporting film and televison workerssupporting hollywood writers
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Largest: $3,000 to ETERNAL WORLD TELEVISON — general charitable purposes
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Largest: $1,000 to OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISON AUTHORITY — help fund ordinary activities
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Largest: $45,000 to Brattleboro Community Televison Inc — fund operations
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Largest: $15,000 to NORTHERN MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISON INC — operating support for programming and services in the northern rural region of minnesota.
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Largest: $2,000 to ETERNAL WORLD TELEVISON NETWORK — charitable donation
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Largest: $1,000 to Arizona PBS — public televison
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →
