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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 “acquire”
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IffChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
890 matching grants · $51.0M · through 2024Largest: $900,000 to Garrison Frazier Investments Inc — cost for acquiring equipment and/or facilities rehab cost as part of the grant
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $196,215 · through 2024Largest: $19,390 to CITY OF ROCHESTER — legacy grant for acquire microfilm reader/printer/scanner
Largest: $4.5M to AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION — to acquire multiple properties to assemble a short grass prairie ecosystem reserve in northcentral montana
Largest: $1.0M to DOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP INC — to support the establishment of a fund to acquire and develop downtown properties and continue downtown programming.
Largest: $6.8M to Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation — to support a partnership with the nonprofit community development corporation (cdc) and the "big emma" development team to acquire in downtown springdale and develop a mixed-income…
Largest: $60,000 to OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — to raise and earn funds and acquire assets for oregon public broadcasting.
Largest: $2.5M to FUNDACION MUSEO REINA SOFIA — support to acquire additional artworks to be displayed at the museo reina sofa (madrid).
Largest: $15,000 to Center for Economic Inclusion — to acquire and expand growth & justice's products and research as that organization sunsets
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $821,053 · through 2024Largest: $328,569 to NATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM - 374 METAL MUSEUM DRIVE MEMPHIS TN 3810 — to support the national ornamental metal museum as follows: 99.76% of annual disbursement to be used for general operating, .24% to be used for acquiring contemporary craft of livi…
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL COMMUNITY STABILIZATION TRUST LLC — toward the costs of a pilot project which provides debt capital to small entrepreneurs who acquire, renovate, and re-sell single-family homes to owner-occupants in baltimore, md ne…
Largest: $43,000 to Casa Amor Fe y Esperanza Corp — support to acquire a community kitchen
Largest: $2.1M to LAND BANK TWIN CITIES INC — the land bank twin cities will spread the practice of community organizations taking site control of real estate for community-driven affordable housing and small business developm…
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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 →