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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 “ballroom”
Where the money went
Largest: $12,787 to CHAMPION BALLROOM STUDIO — dance instruction
Largest: $65,000 to Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation — general operating support
Alzheimer'S Foundation of AmericaNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $24,000 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to RX BALLROOM DANCE — 2022 fall respite grant
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $116,178 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation — arts & culture
Largest: $5,000 to Dancing Classrooms Philly — ballroom dancing
Largest: $50,000 to GULFSHORES PLAYHOUSE — to assist dancers re: ballroom dan
Fordney FoundationAgoura Hills, CA
3 matching grants · $40,235 · through 2025Largest: $18,860 to DREAM DANCE PROGRAM — grant for ballroom dance instruction at local schools
Michigan Student Assembly of the University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,211 · through 2024Largest: $7,088 to University of Michigan Ballroom Dance Team — travel and registration costs for the 2023 purdue ballroom classic the 2023 osu dancesport classic the ohio star ball and costs associated with dance practice space rental and fall…
Largest: $33,333 to Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation — support 3 years of education, residencies, and youth music for ballroom marfas 20th year
Dance Vision FoundationLas Vegas, NVCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $61,750 · through 2025Largest: $33,250 to American Ballroom Company — us dance championship prize money
Wheeler FoundationSalt Lake City, UT
2 matching grants · $116,400 · through 2023Largest: $66,000 to PACIFIC BALLROOM DANCE — studio exp. proj./dancing
Largest: $40,000 to BALLROOM CULTRAL ARTS FOUNDATION — charitable/educational
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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 →