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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “torn”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to Paws of War Inc — war-torn pups and cats
American Dance AsylumCorning, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $44,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to TORN SPACE THEATER — letter to the world vii
Largest: $100,000 to DICKINSON COLLEGE — war torn student scholarship fund
Largest: $5,000 to SAMARITANS PURSE — help those in need in disaster and war torn areas
Largest: $50,000 to EMERGENCY USA — to support programs that partner with local populations in war-torn and impoverished communities to provide healthcare services that reach beyond walls to heal communities.
Largest: $4,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — provide healthcare in war-torn nations
Largest: $25,000 to MEN OF NEHEMIAH — christian organization exists to rebuild the life of men whose lives have been torn apart by effects of drug and alcohol addiction
Nova UkrainePalo Alto, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $214,068 · through 2022Largest: $107,034 to UNICEF — to reallocate, accommodate, and support children from war-torn regions of ukraine.
Largest: $500,000 to TORN SPACE THEATER — to support torn space theaters capital plan in the fillmore neighborhood on buffalos east side.
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to TORN WARRIORS — community & human services
Largest: $25,000 to TORN WARRIOR FOUNDATION — general grant
Largest: $10,000 to MEN OF NEHEMIAH — christian based organization designed to rebuild the live of men and families that have been torn apart by poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, crime and violence.
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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 →