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Find who already funds work like yours.

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 “votecoming”

Where the money went

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North Carolina Black Alliance Inc → Foundation for Nc A&t St Univ: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024North Carolina Black Alliance Inc → North Carolina Central Univ: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024North Carolina Black Alliance Inc → Shaw University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024North Carolina Black Alliance Inc → Johnson C Smith University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024North Carolina Black Alliance Inc → Livingstone College: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024North Carolina Black Alliance Inc → Winston-Salem State Universit: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024North Carolina Black Alliance Inc: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.North Carolina Black Alliance…$59KFoundation for Nc A&t St Univ: received $15K on this topicFoundation for Nc A&t St Univ$15KNorth Carolina Central Univ: received $13K on this topicNorth Carolina Central Univ$13KShaw University: received $10K on this topicShaw University$10KJohnson C Smith University: received $8K on this topicJohnson C Smith University$8KLivingstone College: received $8K on this topicLivingstone College$8KWinston-Salem State Universit: received $6K on this topicWinston-Salem State Universit$6K
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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 →