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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “unrerstricted”

Where the money went

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Katharine Matthies Foundation → Connecticut Radio Information System Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Pressman Family Foundation → Believe in A Cure Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation → Food and Water Watch: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Hoagland Family Foundation → Orcas Center: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Katharine Matthies Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Katharine Matthies Foundation$5KPressman Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Pressman Family Foundation$5KAlben F & Clara G Bates Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Alben F & Clara G Bates Found…$4KThe Hoagland Family Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.The Hoagland Family Foundation$1KConnecticut Radio Information System Inc: received $5K on this topicConnecticut Radio Information S…$5KBelieve in A Cure Inc: received $5K on this topicBelieve in A Cure Inc$5KFood and Water Watch: received $4K on this topicFood and Water Watch$4KOrcas Center: received $1K on this topicOrcas Center$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 →