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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 “audio”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.5M to MIAMI VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA INC — to support the preservation of historical audio collections held by campus radio stations at historically black colleges and universities
Largest: $55,000 to THE RECORD COMPANY INC — trc x brb youth audio + recording workforce development program
Largest: $1.5M to MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC — to digitize key audio, audiovisual and physical artifacts from motown's archive and make them available to the public via a "digital jukebox."
Largest: $5,000 to WOMENS AUDIO MISSION — audio engineering society convention - new york
Johnson Charitable Gift FundCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $964,000 to ACCESS AUDIO INC — various programs
Largest: $3,070 to Lotus Audio Corporation — this is payment for 2 scholarships that we awarded to our 2 scholars in 2024. lotus audio corporation runs the school of video game audio that administers the game audio course cur…
Largest: $25,000 to AUDIO SCRIPTURE MINISTRIES — general operations
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to WOMENS AUDIO MISSION — arts and culture
Largest: $60,000 to WOMEN'S AUDIO MISSION — for general operating support
Largest: $18,000 to DAVAR PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL — audio scripture for oral learners
Largest: $363,328 to JOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT NETWORK — to support and expand investigative journalism in multiple audio-visual formats across south asia
Friends of Public Radio ArizonaTempe, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $56,436 · through 2024Largest: $17,237 to SUN SOUNDS — audio access for print information for people with disabilities.
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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 →