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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.

5 funders with a record of paying for “unestricted”

Where the money went

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The Statesir Family Charitable Fdn → Reformed Church of Freehold: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2025Cedarwood Family Fdn Inc → Wck: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025Mirnahill Foundation → Sf Housing Accelerator: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023Bill C & Patricia P Brown → Ivy Tech Foundation Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024William & Louise Mullins Foundation → Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Statesir Family Charitable Fdn: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.The Statesir Family Charitabl…$75KCedarwood Family Fdn Inc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Cedarwood Family Fdn Inc$25KMirnahill Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Mirnahill Foundation$4KBill C & Patricia P Brown: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Bill C & Patricia P Brown$1KWilliam & Louise Mullins Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.William & Louise Mullins Foun…$1KReformed Church of Freehold: received $75K on this topicReformed Church of Freehold$75KWck: received $25K on this topicWck$25KSf Housing Accelerator: received $4K on this topicSf Housing Accelerator$4KIvy Tech Foundation Inc: received $1K on this topicIvy Tech Foundation Inc$1KWild West Wildlife Rehabilitation: received $1K on this topicWild West Wildlife Rehabilitati…$1K
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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 →