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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “undesignatedundesignated”

Where the money went

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Bruce E & Debra K Grewcock Foundation → Madonna School: $377K across 2 grants, latest 2023Lmj Foundation Inc → Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2025Bruce E & Debra K Grewcock Foundation → Teammates Mentoring Program: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Bruce E & Debra K Grewcock Foundation: $383K on this topic. Open the funder.Bruce E & Debra K Grewcock Fo…$383KLmj Foundation Inc: $24K on this topic. Open the funder.Lmj Foundation Inc$24KMadonna School: received $377K on this topicMadonna School$377KDivine Shepherd Lutheran Church: received $24K on this topicDivine Shepherd Lutheran Church$24KTeammates Mentoring Program: received $6K on this topicTeammates Mentoring Program$6K
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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 →