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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 “archeology”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to FRIENDS OF VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK — archeology, heritage projects, maintenance and trails programs
Largest: $20,000 to INST NAUTICAL ARCHEOLOGY — program support
The Samaritan FoundationBenton Harbor, MI
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to INSTITUTE OF NAUTICAL ARCHEOLOGY — organization support
Largest: $30,000 to CENTER FOR AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY — women in archeology interns
Largest: $116,667 to TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — nimick fellowship in art and archeology and service fund scholarship fund
Largest: $100,000 to Sul Ross State University Friends of the Center for Big Bend Studies — general archeological research
Largest: $15,000 to ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA — baer lecture series
Largest: $1.0M to CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — core support for an archeology of silence, a new body of paintings and sculptures by american artist kehinde wiley
Largest: $79,240 to VERDE VALLEY ARCHEOLOGY CENTER — museum presentation
Largest: $60,000 to SUNY NEW PALTZ FOUNDATION INC — project support: archeology project for the african burial ground
Largest: $25,000 to LEONARDO NASCIMENTO DA SILVA — da silva, leonardo (museu nacional, rio de janeiro) "retaking the image: poetics and politics of an indigenous visual archeology"
Largest: $40,000 to SHUMLA ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER — heartstone project
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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 →