Funding search · EIN 841479412 · Golden, CO

Cars for Charity

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

448
grants reported
$12.8M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$13,288
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Minnesota Public Radio4 grants · $1.7M
  • Wamu4 grants · $804,937
  • Wshu Public Radio4 grants · $573,506
  • New York Public Radio4 grants · $465,474
  • Kqed4 grants · $459,109
  • Misc Small Grants 50001 grant · $379,554
  • Wdet4 grants · $356,522
  • Kuow4 grants · $319,723
  • Chicago Public Radio4 grants · $304,224
  • Kclu4 grants · $257,968

Giving over time

$3.7M
2021
$1.4M
2022
$3.4M
2023
$4.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 448 grants.

  • $569,494

    Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  • $493,890

    Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  • $425,021

    Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  • $379,554

    Misc Small Grants 5000 · 2024

  • $291,184

    Wamu · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $242,283

    Wamu · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $208,067

    Wamu · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

  • $202,350

    Wshu Public Radio · Fairfield, CT · 2021

  • $202,199

    Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  • $186,750

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  • $166,733

    Wshu Public Radio · Boston, MA · 2024

  • $153,112

    Minnesota Public Broadcasting Dulu · Duluth, MN · 2023

  • $151,183

    Wshu Public Radio · Boston, MA · 2023

  • $144,352

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024

  • $135,474

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023

  • $129,120

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023

  • $127,691

    Wdet · Detroit, MI · 2024

  • $120,162

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  • $114,568

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  • $114,385

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2021

  • $103,702

    Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2024

  • $100,219

    Wdet · Detroit, MI · 2023

  • $89,221

    Wdet · Detroit, MI · 2021

  • $86,381

    Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $85,275

    Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2021

  • $84,001

    Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2023

  • $82,356

    Kclu · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2021

  • $81,249

    Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $76,668

    Kclu · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2024

  • $75,463

    Kbia · Columbia, MO · 2021

  • $73,568

    Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2021

  • $71,427

    Connecticut Public Broadcasting - W · Hartford, CT · 2024

  • $71,263

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022

  • $68,866

    Connecticut Public Broadcasting - W · Hartford, CT · 2021

  • $67,527

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

  • $63,403

    Wamu · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

  • $62,643

    Wypr · Baltimore, MD · 2023

  • $61,324

    Kclu · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2023

  • $61,165

    Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2024

  • $60,386

    Wypr · Baltimore, MD · 2021

  • $59,254

    Michigan Radio · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021

  • $58,452

    Kuow · Seattle, WA · 2022

  • $57,800

    Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2021

  • $56,901

    North Country Public Radio · Canton, NY · 2022

  • $55,848

    Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2021

  • $55,795

    Wlrh · Huntsville, AL · 2023

  • $55,625

    Maine Public · Bangor, ME · 2021

  • $55,513

    Vpm · Richmond, VA · 2024

  • $55,438

    Maine Public · Bangor, ME · 2024

  • $53,240

    Wshu Public Radio · Fairfield, CT · 2022

  • $51,664

    Wlrh · Huntsville, AL · 2021

  • $51,319

    Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $50,208

    Kpcc · Pasadena, CA · 2024

  • $49,845

    Connecticut Public Broadcasting W · Hartford, CT · 2023

  • $49,296

    Maine Public · Bangor, ME · 2023

  • $49,143

    Wvtf · Roanoke, VA · 2023

  • $48,058

    Rhode Island Public Radio · Providence, RI · 2021

  • $47,906

    Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024

  • $47,015

    Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2023

  • $45,776

    Michigan Radio · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

  • $45,702

    Wvtf · Roanoke, VA · 2024

  • $45,514

    Rhode Island Public Radio · Providence, RI · 2024

  • $44,393

    Capital Public Radio · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  • $44,234

    Kjzz · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  • $43,263

    Wypr · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  • $43,166

    Wlrh · Huntsville, AL · 2024

  • $42,670

    Redwood City Library Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2022

  • $41,430

    Kcrw · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  • $39,997

    Wfae · Charlotte, NC · 2024

  • $39,391

    Wdet · Detroit, MI · 2022

  • $39,089

    Kcrw · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

  • $38,715

    Kpcc · Pasadena, CA · 2023

  • $38,660

    Njn Public Television & Radio · Englewood, NJ · 2021

  • $38,226

    Kpcc · Pasadena, CA · 2021

  • $37,896

    New Hampshire Public Radio · Concord, NH · 2024

  • $37,632

    Capital Public Radio · Sacramento, CA · 2022

  • $37,629

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  • $37,620

    Kclu · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2022

  • $37,533

    Wvtf · Roanoke, VA · 2021

  • $37,104

    Wuot · Knoxville, TN · 2021

  • $37,040

    Public Broadcasting Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2021

  • $36,884

    Kjzz · Tempe, AZ · 2023

  • $35,750

    Michigan Public · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  • $35,616

    Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2024

  • $35,261

    Kcrw · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

  • $34,368

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

  • $32,907

    Troy Public Radio · Troy, AL · 2021

  • $32,785

    Northwest Public Radio · Pullman, WA · 2021

  • $31,522

    Houston Public Media · Houston, TX · 2021

  • $31,397

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  • $31,099

    Wusf · Tampa, FL · 2024

  • $30,918

    St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2024

  • $30,321

    Wisconsin Public Radio · Madison, WI · 2024

  • $30,192

    Wfcr · Springfield, MA · 2024

  • $30,084

    Morgan State University Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  • $29,308

    Troy Public Radio · Troy, AL · 2024

  • $28,734

    South Carolina Etv · Columbia, SC · 2023

  • $28,477

    Wunc · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

  • $28,401

    Michigan Radio · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  • $28,263

    Connecticut Public Broadcasting - W · Hartford, CT · 2022

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.