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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 “vsbdr”

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Association of Women's Business Centers → California State University Fresno Foundation: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2024Association of Women's Business Centers → Black Hills State University Foundation: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024Association of Women's Business Centers → California Capital Fdc: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024Association of Women's Business Centers → Friends of Puerto Rico: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Association of Women's Business Centers → Seattle Economic Development Fund Dba Business Impact Nw: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Association of Women's Business Centers: $154K on this topic. Open the funder.Association of Women's Busine…$154KCalifornia State University Fresno Foundation: received $47K on this topicCalifornia State University Fre…$47KBlack Hills State University Foundation: received $35K on this topicBlack Hills State University Fo…$35KCalifornia Capital Fdc: received $33K on this topicCalifornia Capital Fdc$33KFriends of Puerto Rico: received $30K on this topicFriends of Puerto Rico$30KSeattle Economic Development Fund Dba Business Impact Nw: received $8K on this topicSeattle Economic Development Fu…$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 →