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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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12 funders with a record of paying for “tough”
Where the money went Joseph R & Helen Shaker Family → Chad Tough Foundation: $750K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Saint Francis Hospital Inc → Tulsa Tough Inc: $509K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Tulsa Community Foundation → Tulsa Tough Inc: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Society for Organizing Charity in → Indigents of Salem: $104K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Wadhams Family Foundation → Chad Tough Cornerstone Club: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Christus Health Ark-La-Tex → Tough Kookie Foundation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Natter Family Foundation → Chad Tough Defeat Dipg Foundation: $43K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation → The Chad Tough Foundation: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Team Sam the Lion → Tough 2gether: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Coombs Family Foundation → Tough Enough to Wear Pink (Twp): $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Yates Foundation → Tough Kookie Foundation: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Olsen Foundation A New Jersey → Nhs Tough Techs 151 Boosters: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Saint Francis Hospital Inc → Tulsa Tough Inc: $294K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Christus Health Ark-La-Tex → Tough Kookie Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Coombs Family Foundation → Gunnison Tough: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Yates Foundation → Tough Kookie Foundationn: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Saint Francis Hospital Inc: $803K on this topic. Open the funder. Saint Francis Hospital Inc $803K Joseph R & Helen Shaker Family: $750K on this topic. Open the funder. Joseph R & Helen Shaker Family $750K Tulsa Community Foundation: $325K on this topic. Open the funder. Tulsa Community Foundation $325K Society for Organizing Charity in: $104K on this topic. Open the funder. Society for Organizing Charit… $104K The Wadhams Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wadhams Family Foundation $100K Christus Health Ark-La-Tex: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. Christus Health Ark-La-Tex $75K Natter Family Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder. Natter Family Foundation $43K Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Vera and Joseph Dresner Found… $30K Coombs Family Foundation: $19K on this topic. Open the funder. Coombs Family Foundation $19K Team Sam the Lion: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. Team Sam the Lion $17K Yates Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Yates Foundation $15K The Olsen Foundation A New Jersey: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. The Olsen Foundation A New Je… $8K Chad Tough Foundation: received $750K on this topic Chad Tough Foundation $750K Tulsa Tough Inc: received $619K on this topic Tulsa Tough Inc $619K Tulsa Tough Inc: received $509K on this topic Tulsa Tough Inc $509K Indigents of Salem: received $104K on this topic Indigents of Salem $104K Chad Tough Cornerstone Club: received $100K on this topic Chad Tough Cornerstone Club $100K Tough Kookie Foundation: received $60K on this topic Tough Kookie Foundation $60K Chad Tough Defeat Dipg Foundation: received $43K on this topic Chad Tough Defeat Dipg Foundati… $43K The Chad Tough Foundation: received $30K on this topic The Chad Tough Foundation $30K Tough Kookie Foundation: received $25K on this topic Tough Kookie Foundation $25K Tough 2gether: received $17K on this topic Tough 2gether $17K Tough Enough to Wear Pink (Twp): received $14K on this topic Tough Enough to Wear Pink (Twp) $14K Nhs Tough Techs 151 Boosters: received $8K on this topic Nhs Tough Techs 151 Boosters $8K Gunnison Tough: received $5K on this topic Gunnison Tough $5K Tough Kookie Foundationn: received $5K on this topic Tough Kookie Foundationn $5K 12 funders, 14 recipients, grants matching “tough” 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: $236,321 to CHAD TOUGH FOUNDATION — to further medical research
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Largest: $254,276 to Tulsa Tough Inc — tulsa tough sponsorship
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Largest: $29,821 to Indigents of Salem — to support the indigents of salem city who have come upon tough times.see schedule attached.
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Largest: $150,000 to TULSA TOUGH INC — general operations
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Largest: $6,500 to TOUGH 2GETHER — brain tumor research
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Largest: $9,100 to TOUGH ENOUGH TO WEAR PINK (TWP) — to raise breast cancer awareness and provide funding for breast cancer research.
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Largest: $50,000 to CHAD TOUGH CORNERSTONE CLUB — cancer research
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Largest: $25,000 to TOUGH KOOKIE FOUNDATION — cancer patient support
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Largest: $18,000 to CHAD TOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION — to assist the organization in meeting their healthcare goals
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Largest: $2,000 to NHS TOUGH TECHS 151 BOOSTERS — assistance for charitable purpose
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Largest: $12,500 to THE CHAD TOUGH FOUNDATION — program support
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Largest: $5,000 to TOUGH KOOKIE FOUNDATION — aid breast cancer patients
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