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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “acorn”
Where the money went
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $122,715 · through 2025Largest: $31,250 to ACORN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — jazzreach residency at the acorn and river valley schools, general support, acorn anywhere and acorn local artist initiatives, "we see you" grant
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to ACORN WALDORF INC — quality education
Largest: $204,877 to Acorn Education — acorn partnership schools (2021 - 2023)
Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to ACORN CENTER FOR RESTORATION AND FREEDOM — general operating support
Borealis PhilanthropyMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $388,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to ACORN CENTER FOR RESTORATION AND FREEDOM — to support the work of acorn center for restoration and freedom
Largest: $200,000 to TIDES FOUNDATION — project support: acorn waldorf inc.: acorn waldorf school special project support
Largest: $15,000 to St Benedict's Episcopal Church — general support; acorn fund
Largest: $10,000 to MIDDLESEX SCHOOL — lowell-acorn road faculty
Common Counsel FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $983,772 · through 2023Largest: $928,772 to ACORN CENTER FOR RESTORATION AND FREEDOM INC — project support for clarke street fund
Groundswell FundSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $205,000 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to ACORN Center for Restoration — program support
Roy H Moyer Jr & Carol J Moyer CommunityNorthumberland, PA
4 matching grants · $22,000 · through 2025Largest: $6,000 to Shikellamy Acorn Little League — general operations
Largest: $1.1M to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH JERSEY — grant to the acorn fund accounts for the college savings program
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →