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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 “aerospace”
Where the money went
Community PartnersLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $711,464 · through 2021Largest: $79,360 to MOUNTAIN AND SEA EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES — lausd partner matching fund program which augments stem programing related to marine science, local ecosystems, aerospace engineering, physics, and science-art integration. target …
Largest: $7.7M to UND AEROSPACE FOUNDATION — veterans scholarship and flight operations bldg. support
Largest: $10,000 to Girl Scouts of Western Washington — sky's the limit - discover aviation & aerospace is built on program progressions that tie to the characteristics and learning styles of each age-level of girl scouting. in 2022 we …
Enterprise FloridaOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $94,760 · through 2023Largest: $21,534 to ATLAS AEROSPACE ACCESSORIES — target sector trade show grant
Largest: $3,000 to WASHINGTON AEROSPACE SCHOLARSFOUNDATION — washington aerospace scholarship fund
Und Alumni Association and FoundationGrand Forks, NDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to University of North Dakota-Aerospace Sciences — scholarship, grants and operating support.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
5 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2023Largest: $750,000 to ORGANIZATION OF BLACK AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS — to support the expansion of its ongoing programs: the luke weathers flight academy, the solo flight academy, and its aerospace professionals in schools student outreach program
Sun 'N Fun Fly-inLakeland, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $850,000 to AEROSPACE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE INC — support general operation
Si Robin FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
5 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2025Largest: $857,455 to UND AEROSPACE FOUNDATION — general operating support
Has Development CorporationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION — to promote growth of the aerospace industry in houston and specifically the houston spaceport, to increase employment in houston in general and specifically in the aerospace indust…
Aerospace Center for ExcellenceLakeland, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $581,255 · through 2024Largest: $20,113 to CENTRAL FLORIDA AEROSPACE ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — scholarship refunds from polk state
Largest: $50,000 to U S SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION — aviation, aerospace scholarship fund
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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 →