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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “tencent”

Where the money went

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Asian Pacific Fund → Asian Health Services: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2024Asian Pacific Fund → Community Youth Center of San Francisco: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024Asian Pacific Fund → Self-Help for the Elderly: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Asian Pacific Fund → Asian Americans for Community Involvement: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023Asian Pacific Fund → Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Asian Pacific Fund: $236K on this topic. Open the funder.Asian Pacific Fund$236KAsian Health Services: received $115K on this topicAsian Health Services$115KCommunity Youth Center of San Francisco: received $60K on this topicCommunity Youth Center of San F…$60KSelf-Help for the Elderly: received $30K on this topicSelf-Help for the Elderly$30KAsian Americans for Community Involvement: received $16K on this topicAsian Americans for Community I…$16KSanta Clara County Asian Law Alliance: received $15K on this topicSanta Clara County Asian Law Al…$15K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →