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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “zink”

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Zink Family Foundation → Oklahoma State University Foundatio: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022Flegel Scholarship Trust → Garrett Zink: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023State Employees Association of Nc → Savannah Zink: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Sumi Laetz Fund Incorporated → Asa Zink: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Zink Family Foundation → Oklahoma State University: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023Zink Family Foundation: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Zink Family Foundation$2.6MFlegel Scholarship Trust: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Flegel Scholarship Trust$6KState Employees Association of Nc: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.State Employees Association o…$1KSumi Laetz Fund Incorporated: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Sumi Laetz Fund Incorporated$1KOklahoma State University Foundatio: received $2.1M on this topicOklahoma State University Found…$2.1MOklahoma State University: received $500K on this topicOklahoma State University$500KGarrett Zink: received $6K on this topicGarrett Zink$6KSavannah Zink: received $1K on this topicSavannah Zink$1KAsa Zink: received $1K on this topicAsa Zink$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 →