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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “vafa”

Where the money went

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The Della Pietra Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025The Simons Foundation Inc → Uni of Kansas Center for Research: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of Kansas Center for Research: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Kansas Ctr Research: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Della Pietra Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Della Pietra Foundation$2.0MThe Simons Foundation Inc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Simons Foundation Inc$25KPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $2.0M on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$2.0MUni of Kansas Center for Research: received $8K on this topicUni of Kansas Center for Resear…$8KUniv of Kansas Center for Research: received $8K on this topicUniv of Kansas Center for Resea…$8KUniversity of Kansas Ctr Research: received $8K on this topicUniversity of Kansas Ctr Resear…$8K
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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 →