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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “usedin”

Where the money went

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The Caplan-Bensley Foundation → Community Foundation of Orange County: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Caplan-Bensley Foundation → Colordo Pet Pantry: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Caplan-Bensley Foundation → Treasurer Coast Food Bank: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Caplan-Bensley Foundation → Feedmore Wny Food Bank: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Caplan-Bensley Foundation → Second Harvest Food Bank: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Caplan-Bensley Foundation → River Valley Regional Food Bank: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Caplan-Bensley Foundation: $22K on this topic. Open the funder.The Caplan-Bensley Foundation$22KCommunity Foundation of Orange County: received $6K on this topicCommunity Foundation of Orange…$6KColordo Pet Pantry: received $5K on this topicColordo Pet Pantry$5KTreasurer Coast Food Bank: received $5K on this topicTreasurer Coast Food Bank$5KFeedmore Wny Food Bank: received $3K on this topicFeedmore Wny Food Bank$3KSecond Harvest Food Bank: received $2K on this topicSecond Harvest Food Bank$2KRiver Valley Regional Food Bank: received $1K on this topicRiver Valley Regional Food Bank$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 →