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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.
7 funders with a record of paying for “artisit”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to ARTISIT COLONY OF ZANES — marketing for y-bridge arts festival
Visit Org Philanthropic FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $29,650 · through 2023Largest: $29,650 to STORY PIRATES — empower young people by engaging in creative collaborations between kids and world class artisits.
Largest: $25,000 to ARTISIT OUTREACH INC — support for daily operation
Largest: $10,000 to NORTH COAST REP THEATER — create a platform where artisits and audiences thrive through the intimacy of live theatre
Largest: $3.5M to Detroit Opera dba Michigan Opera Theatre — to support facility renovations to the detroit opera house and artisitic programming for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons
Largest: $2,500 to PENINSULA ARTS GUILD — contribution to the donee to broaden cultural and artisitic offerings in the peninsula region
Largest: $1,500 to Monica Malik — artisit support grants
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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 →