1. What the service is
Foundation Lookup shows the grants, assets, application rules and officers of US private foundations, read from the Form 990-PF returns they file with the Internal Revenue Service. Its pages are free to read. Paid plans add matching, alerts, saved lists, exports and every year of grants we hold. By creating an account you agree to these terms; if you agree for an organization, you confirm you can bind it.
Foundation Lookup is research software. It is not a government service, is not affiliated with the IRS, and nothing on it is legal, tax or fundraising advice. It does not list open grant opportunities with deadlines.
2. The data
The data comes from public IRS e-file returns and is shown as the foundations filed it. Returns can contain errors, and they reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe. Each page states the tax year and the date we read the return, and links the return itself, which governs.
A match is a list of facts from the returns, such as grants a foundation made to organizations like yours. It is not a prediction that a foundation will fund you, and we do not score foundations.
People who received grants are never named. Officers appear on their foundation’s page as the return lists them. Anyone can ask us to remove something from a page through the removal request form.
3. Your account
Keep your email address current and your password to yourself. You are responsible for what the people you invite do with the account. Tell us promptly if you think an account has been compromised. We may suspend an account we reasonably believe is used to break the law or to attack the service.
4. Plans and billing
Plans are billed in advance through Stripe, monthly or yearly, in US dollars, and renew until you cancel. There is no free plan or trial.
- Solo: $39 a month or $390 a year; 1 organization; 1 seat; 100 saved foundations; 1,000 export rows a month.
- Team: $79 a month or $790 a year; 3 organizations; 5 seats; Unlimited saved foundations; 5,000 export rows a month.
- Consultant: $129 a month or $1,190 a year; 10 organizations; 5 seats; Unlimited saved foundations; 25,000 export rows a month.
Every plan includes matching, alerts, saved lists, exports and every year of grants we hold. An export row is one line of data in a file; the count starts again on the first of each month (UTC). We will email the account owner before a price change applies to your plan.
5. Cancellation and refunds
The account owner can cancel at any time from Account, under Manage billing. Cancelling stops the next charge; the plan stays on until the end of the period you paid for.
Payments already made are not refunded, including the first payment. We do correct a billing error, a double charge or a charge made after you cancelled: write to [email protected]. Your mandatory legal rights are not affected.
6. Fair use
Do not use automated means to copy pages or exports in bulk, to get around your plan’s limits, or to put a heavy load on the service. Do not use the data to harass or contact people named as officers for purposes unrelated to their foundation’s grantmaking.
7. No warranty, limits on liability
The service is provided as is. We aim to keep it available and accurate but do not promise uninterrupted availability or error-free data. Neither of us is liable to the other for indirect or consequential losses, or for lost profits, lost grants or lost data. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the fees you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
8. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. If a change materially affects your rights, we will tell account owners at least thirty days before it takes effect, and you may cancel if you do not accept it.
9. Governing law
Foundation Lookup is published by Staunch Digital, established in France under SIREN 898 721 865. These terms are governed by French law, and the courts of Paris have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.