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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 “appr”
Where the money went
Largest: $22,000 to BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS — research: appr: knossos curation
Largest: $170,000 to Fellowship Prog Grants Appr Curr FY — the fellowship program is intended to support highly talented graduate students in new england and california whose studies are directed toward improving environmental
United Association of Journeymen &Annapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to DANIEL HENDRIX VP DISTRICT 3 — 2023 appr contest
Carpenters International Training FundLas Vegas, NVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $350,881 · through 2024Largest: $169,633 to HAWAII CARPENTERS APPR & TRNG FUND — training program grant
Largest: $100,000 to ROAD2HIRE — workforce development program, appre
Largest: $5,000 to Armed Forces & Military Veterans Appr Inc — armed forces, military veterans & first responders appreciation
Largest: $6,000 to American Vets Appr Events — general operating support for veteran's appreciation events in ashland county, oh.
Largest: $326,000 to WINNIPEG ART GALLERY — 83 paintings/artwork & appr 400 reference materials donated to winnipeg art gallery
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
1 matching grant · $142,984 · through 2022Largest: $142,984 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON — scaling-up of purpose in evolution evo-ego: connectionist appr to evolutionary transitions
Largest: $128,875 to United Way of Matanuska Susitna Borough — 75589 piloting an icelandic youth-development appr
Largest: $10,000 to JACKSONVILLE ELECTRICAL JOINT APPR — program/operating support
Gam FoundationSandy, UTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $5,800 · through 2021Largest: $5,800 to NAACP — arts appr schollarsp
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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 →