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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 “unrestructed”

Where the money went

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Laybel Family Foundation → Brennan Center for Justice: $985K across 6 grants, latest 2025The Robert & Marie Hansen Foundation → Emergent Order Foundation Inc: $225K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Lion and the Lamb Foundation → Rochester Family Mission: $11K across 4 grants, latest 2024Bohnert Foundation Inc → Notre Dame of Mtcarmel: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wolf Family Charitable Trust → Beth El Hebrew Congregation - Good Deed Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Laybel Family Foundation: $985K on this topic. Open the funder.Laybel Family Foundation$985KThe Robert & Marie Hansen Foundation: $225K on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert & Marie Hansen Fou…$225KThe Lion and the Lamb Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.The Lion and the Lamb Foundat…$11KBohnert Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Bohnert Foundation Inc$5KWolf Family Charitable Trust: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Wolf Family Charitable Trust$1KBrennan Center for Justice: received $985K on this topicBrennan Center for Justice$985KEmergent Order Foundation Inc: received $225K on this topicEmergent Order Foundation Inc$225KRochester Family Mission: received $11K on this topicRochester Family Mission$11KNotre Dame of Mtcarmel: received $5K on this topicNotre Dame of Mtcarmel$5KBeth El Hebrew Congregation - Good Deed Fund: received $1K on this topicBeth El Hebrew Congregation - G…$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 →