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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 “unrstricted”

Where the money went

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Lowey Foundation Inc → City Parks Foundation: $52K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ostrowicz Lilienthal Foundation → Drisha Institute for Jewish Educati: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023Myra Friedman Family Foundation → Shelter for Abused Women & Children: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lowey Foundation Inc: $52K on this topic. Open the funder.Lowey Foundation Inc$52KOstrowicz Lilienthal Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Ostrowicz Lilienthal Foundati…$5KMyra Friedman Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Myra Friedman Family Foundati…$5KCity Parks Foundation: received $52K on this topicCity Parks Foundation$52KDrisha Institute for Jewish Educati: received $5K on this topicDrisha Institute for Jewish Edu…$5KShelter for Abused Women & Children: received $5K on this topicShelter for Abused Women & Chil…$5K
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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 →