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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 “banquet”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to GREAT SMOKY MTN COUNCIL — 2024 - friedns of scouting campaign, shoot for scouting, annual recognistion banquet, and...
Largest: $15,000 to HAWTHORNE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — 20th annual banquet & auction, 3/30/23, host sponsorship
Ncrc Community Development FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $310,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to BELLA BANQUETS INC VIA BELLA DBA VIA BELLA BELLA BANQUETS — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
Largest: $189,907 to chestnut mountain ranch — salary grant, banquet sponsorship
Bluebonnet Electric CooperativeBastrop, TXCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $44,773 · through 2024Largest: $9,619 to BASTROP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — 2024 contributions, state of the city table, 2024 man of the year award sponsor, full hitch reserved table, first responders luncheon sponsor, mingle n jingle holiday mixer, chambe…
Largest: $15,000 to B'NAI EMUNAH CONGREGATION — 2022 touro banquet
Behmann Brothers FoundationCorpus Christi, TX
7 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2023Largest: $7,500 to COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION — banquete iso: cen model implementation
Largest: $78,000 to CARSON SCHOLARS FUND — to provide 2024 carson scholars support for 45 scholarships, a md banquet sponsorship and operating funds, golf sponsorship fy 2023
Largest: $5,000 to NACOGDOCHES COUNTY CHAMBER — noble scholar banquet
Largest: $2,500 to LIBERAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION — scholarship banquet
Largest: $753,000 to THE MIDNIGHT MISSION — midnight mission's banquet of hope
Largest: $50,000 to AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY — acs awards and banquet
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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 →