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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.

6 funders with a record of paying for “uunrestricted”

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Herbert Rose Trust Consolidation → Children's Home & Aid Society: $604K across 1 grant, latest 2022United Way of Cowlitz County → Cowlitz Community Network: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Joan Armour Mendell Foundation Inc → Van Wezel Foundation: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022Druzianich Family Charitable Foundation → Aberdeen Bobcat Boosters: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Russert Family Foundation Inc → Pontifical Mission Societies in the Us: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lisa P Loeb Foundation → Project Bread: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Herbert Rose Trust Consolidation → Chicago Foundlings Home: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022Herbert Rose Trust Consolidation: $625K on this topic. Open the funder.Herbert Rose Trust Consolidat…$625KUnited Way of Cowlitz County: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Cowlitz County$50KJoan Armour Mendell Foundation Inc: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.Joan Armour Mendell Foundatio…$9KDruzianich Family Charitable Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Druzianich Family Charitable…$8KThe Russert Family Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Russert Family Foundation…$5KLisa P Loeb Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Lisa P Loeb Foundation$1KChildren's Home & Aid Society: received $604K on this topicChildren's Home & Aid Society$604KCowlitz Community Network: received $50K on this topicCowlitz Community Network$50KChicago Foundlings Home: received $21K on this topicChicago Foundlings Home$21KVan Wezel Foundation: received $9K on this topicVan Wezel Foundation$9KAberdeen Bobcat Boosters: received $8K on this topicAberdeen Bobcat Boosters$8KPontifical Mission Societies in the Us: received $5K on this topicPontifical Mission Societies in…$5KProject Bread: received $1K on this topicProject Bread$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 →