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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 “attire”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to DRESS FOR SUCCESS — operating programs to provide career counseling, job application training, mentoring & suitable business attire for job interviews to over 3000 women per year
Largest: $50,000 to The Sustainability Laboratory — support for project wadi attir
Largest: $45,000 to THE SUSTAINABILITY LABORATORY INC — project wadi attir
Largest: $40,000 to ATTITUDES & ATTIRE — general operating expense
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $112,129 · through 2023Largest: $82,761 to ATTITUDES & ATTIRE — this grant is designated for general support.
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $74,344 · through 2023Largest: $36,871 to DRESS FOR SUCCESS QUAD CITIES — serves under-employed and unemployed women in the quad cities by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help them thrive in work and life
The Junior League of AustinAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,300 · through 2024Largest: $11,300 to DRESS FOR SUCCESS — to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and…
Largest: $5,425 to BASE CAMP CODING ACADEMY — wear to work attire for 31 students for spring 2024 graduation
Largest: $5,200 to DESERT BEST FRIENDS CLOSET — youth attire program
Largest: $5,000 to DRESS FOR SUCCESS — to suport women to achieve economic independence by providing network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
Largest: $10,000 to DRESS FOR SUCCESS — empowering women by providing professional attire
Largest: $1,200 to DRESS FOR SUCCESS PALM BEACHES — to provide professional attire network of support and the career development tools
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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 →