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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 “unsupported”

Where the money went

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Harnisch Family Foundation → Sundance Institute: $165K across 1 grant, latest 2022Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of → Colorado School of Mines: $88K across 2 grants, latest 2024Rowling Foundation → Open Door Pregnancy Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Harnisch Family Foundation: $165K on this topic. Open the funder.Harnisch Family Foundation$165KAlpha Foundation for the Improvement of: $88K on this topic. Open the funder.Alpha Foundation for the Impr…$88KRowling Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Rowling Foundation$15KSundance Institute: received $165K on this topicSundance Institute$165KColorado School of Mines: received $88K on this topicColorado School of Mines$88KOpen Door Pregnancy Center: received $15K on this topicOpen Door Pregnancy Center$15K
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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 →