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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 “unrestrictee”

Where the money went

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Four Friends Foundation → Young Peoples Horus: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Leibowitz and Greenway Family Charitable → The Wow Center: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jos & Catherine Johnson Family Fdn → Trout Unlimited: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2025Dr Joseph B & Lillian Stiefel → Greenwich Hospital Foundation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Four Friends Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Four Friends Foundation$20KLeibowitz and Greenway Family Charitable: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Leibowitz and Greenway Family…$8KJos & Catherine Johnson Family Fdn: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Jos & Catherine Johnson Famil…$8KDr Joseph B & Lillian Stiefel: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Dr Joseph B & Lillian Stiefel$4KYoung Peoples Horus: received $20K on this topicYoung Peoples Horus$20KThe Wow Center: received $8K on this topicThe Wow Center$8KTrout Unlimited: received $8K on this topicTrout Unlimited$8KGreenwich Hospital Foundation: received $4K on this topicGreenwich Hospital Foundation$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 →