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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “unerstricted”

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The Mey Share Foundation Inc 217-48341110 → Natural Resources Defense Council: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Henry A Mckinnell Foundation → Torrance Memorial Hospital Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Allen Tate Foundation → Guilford Education Alliance: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Henry A Mckinnell Foundation → Stanford Graduate School of Business: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Allen Tate Foundation → Rock Hill Dist 3 Schools: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Mey Share Foundation Inc 217-48341110: $140K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mey Share Foundation Inc…$140KThe Henry A Mckinnell Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.The Henry A Mckinnell Foundat…$40KThe Allen Tate Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.The Allen Tate Foundation$9KNatural Resources Defense Council: received $140K on this topicNatural Resources Defense Counc…$140KTorrance Memorial Hospital Foundation: received $30K on this topicTorrance Memorial Hospital Foun…$30KStanford Graduate School of Business: received $10K on this topicStanford Graduate School of Bus…$10KGuilford Education Alliance: received $6K on this topicGuilford Education Alliance$6KRock Hill Dist 3 Schools: received $3K on this topicRock Hill Dist 3 Schools$3K
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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 →