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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.
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2 funders with a record of paying for “tostudents”
Where the money went Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Drew University: $46K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Laverna M Smedley Charitable Foundation → Niacc Foundation: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → North Carolina A&t: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Kean University: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Montclair State University: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Scranton University: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Duke University: $24K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Northeastern University: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Georgetown University: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → University of Connecticut: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Temple University: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → St Mathias School: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → University of Virgin Islands: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Stevens Institute of Technology: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Seton Hall University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Lincoln University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Arcadia University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Drexel University: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Caldwell College: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation → Mount St Mary's University: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $306K on this topic. Open the funder. Dune Foundation A Nj Nonprofi… $306K Laverna M Smedley Charitable Foundation: $32K on this topic. Open the funder. Laverna M Smedley Charitable… $32K Drew University: received $46K on this topic Drew University $46K Niacc Foundation: received $32K on this topic Niacc Foundation $32K North Carolina A&t: received $30K on this topic North Carolina A&t $30K Kean University: received $30K on this topic Kean University $30K Montclair State University: received $30K on this topic Montclair State University $30K Scranton University: received $25K on this topic Scranton University $25K Duke University: received $24K on this topic Duke University $24K Northeastern University: received $23K on this topic Northeastern University $23K Georgetown University: received $20K on this topic Georgetown University $20K University of Connecticut: received $15K on this topic University of Connecticut $15K Temple University: received $15K on this topic Temple University $15K St Mathias School: received $12K on this topic St Mathias School $12K University of Virgin Islands: received $8K on this topic University of Virgin Islands $8K Stevens Institute of Technology: received $5K on this topic Stevens Institute of Technology $5K Seton Hall University: received $5K on this topic Seton Hall University $5K Lincoln University: received $5K on this topic Lincoln University $5K Arcadia University: received $5K on this topic Arcadia University $5K Drexel University: received $3K on this topic Drexel University $3K Caldwell College: received $2K on this topic Caldwell College $2K Mount St Mary's University: received $2K on this topic Mount St Mary's University $2K 2 funders, 20 recipients, grants matching “tostudents” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. 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. This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
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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 →
