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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “welware”

Where the money went

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Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation → Jewish Colorado: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2023Rough-J-Ranch Foundation → Sweats for Vets: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Mayer Foundation → Howard Lockser: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Mayer Foundation → Ilya Oksana Shuchakuya: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Mayer Foundation → Joanna Placencia: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Mayer Foundation → June Brokman: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation: $175K on this topic. Open the funder.Raphael Levy Memorial Foundat…$175KThe Mayer Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Mayer Foundation$4KRough-J-Ranch Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Rough-J-Ranch Foundation$2KJewish Colorado: received $175K on this topicJewish Colorado$175KSweats for Vets: received $2K on this topicSweats for Vets$2KHoward Lockser: received $1K on this topicHoward Lockser$1KIlya Oksana Shuchakuya: received $1K on this topicIlya Oksana Shuchakuya$1KJoanna Placencia: received $1K on this topicJoanna Placencia$1KJune Brokman: received $1K on this topicJune Brokman$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 →