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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 “bake”
Where the money went
Food Export USA - NortheastPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $227,376 · through 2024Largest: $56,374 to ROLLING PIN BAKING COMPANY LLC — branded program
Largest: $51,081 to Boys Republic — baking program
Unfcu FoundationLong Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to TOGETHER WE BAKE — workforce development program and post program support for women in washington, dc.
Journey for Good FoundationBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to TOGETHER WE BAKE — to provide assistance to the community helping them developing a new skill
Largest: $20,000 to TOGETHER WE BAKE — comprehensive workplace training program for underserved women
Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ
5 matching grants · $18,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to BAKING MEMORIES 4 KIDS INC — other civic / community
Lee InitiativeLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $58,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to GABBY BAKES — racial justice srrj
Act for AlexandriaAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $168,950 · through 2024Largest: $90,350 to TOGETHER WE BAKE — program support
Share the DoughEncinitas, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $120,001 · through 2024Largest: $51,000 to BAKING MEMORIES 4 KIDS — program support
Largest: $37,500 to TOGETHER WE BAKE — workforce training & personal dev
Largest: $30,000 to TOGETHER WE BAKE — community service
Largest: $20,000 to Sanctuary Baking — feeding homeless
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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 →