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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “tooperations”

Where the money went

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The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc → Providence Montana Health Ftd: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Carlton Foundation for Kids Inc → Baptist Health Foundation: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc → American Museum Natural History: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc → Mounts Botanical Gardens: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kurt Berliner Foundation Inc: $21K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kurt Berliner Foundation…$21KThe Carlton Foundation for Kids Inc: $13K on this topic. Open the funder.The Carlton Foundation for Ki…$13KProvidence Montana Health Ftd: received $15K on this topicProvidence Montana Health Ftd$15KBaptist Health Foundation: received $13K on this topicBaptist Health Foundation$13KAmerican Museum Natural History: received $5K on this topicAmerican Museum Natural History$5KMounts Botanical Gardens: received $1K on this topicMounts Botanical Gardens$1K
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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 →