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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 “undecided”

Where the money went

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The Dearborn Foundation → Isaac Piette: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Lynden Memorial Scholarship Fund → Heather Santangelo: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Dearborn Foundation → Nicholas Hammond: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Lynden Memorial Scholarship Fund → Madeline Zweegman: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Dearborn Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Dearborn Foundation$10KLynden Memorial Scholarship Fund: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Lynden Memorial Scholarship F…$7KIsaac Piette: received $5K on this topicIsaac Piette$5KNicholas Hammond: received $5K on this topicNicholas Hammond$5KHeather Santangelo: received $4K on this topicHeather Santangelo$4KMadeline Zweegman: received $4K on this topicMadeline Zweegman$4K
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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 →