Find foundations that may accept your grant request.
Choose a cause, location, and request size. FunderFit filters a curated set of private foundations whose latest public filing includes application information and does not mark giving as limited to preselected organizations.
FunderFit does not write these selections to its customer database. The tool uses deterministic public-data filters, not paid AI, so it stays free.
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Three filters that prevent wasted research.
1. An application signal
The latest filing must include application information and must not mark contributions as limited to preselected organizations. That is stronger than merely finding a foundation name.
2. Giving geography
For a state search, the foundation must be based there, report grants to recipients there, or show a multi-state giving pattern. Headquarters alone never proves geographic eligibility.
3. Real grant sizes
Results only include foundations whose recent 10th-to-90th-percentile grant range contains your selected request, then show the underlying range so you can judge it yourself.
“Accepts applications” is a lead—not a promise.
Private foundations report application procedures, restrictions, deadlines, and grants paid in the supplementary-information section of Form 990-PF. The IRS instructions explain that this information is intended to help grant seekers understand requirements. FunderFit reads the public electronic filings available through the IRS Form 990 series downloads.
Those filings are historical. A foundation may change priorities, pause a program, close a portal, or interpret its restrictions more narrowly than the filing suggests. Always open the full profile, note the filing year, and confirm current guidance directly with the foundation before spending time on an application.
- Check the filing year. Treat older records as pattern evidence, not a current announcement.
- Read recent grantees. Look for organizations, locations, and purposes resembling your work.
- Compare your ask. A request far outside the foundation's actual range is usually a weak lead.
- Read every restriction. Geography, organization type, and project limits can override broad mission alignment.
- Verify at the source. Use the foundation's current website or contact before preparing an application.