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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 “basement”
Where the money went
The Center for New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $244,375 · through 2024Largest: $97,500 to CYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC BASEMENT APARTMENT CONVERS — housing & legal counseling
Largest: $23,000 to BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF CONCORD INC — repair wall fellowship building basement
Largest: $128,907 to MCAULEY MINISTRIES — window replacement at mcauley village and basement repair at mcauley house
Largest: $35,000 to PRATT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — to support members of the basement apartments safe for all (base) coalition to overcome technical and political obstacles to the full implementation of the program established in 2…
Davis Family FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $58,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to Hampden Historical Society — basement repairs for long-term structural integrity of the kinsley house museum
New Mexico Humanities CouncilAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,245 · through 2024Largest: $14,980 to BASEMENT FILMS INC — support humanities
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22,849 · through 2024Largest: $9,999 to WINGS OF REFUGE — basement repairs
Largest: $40,000 to CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — basement apartments safe for everyone (base) campaign
Largest: $34,605 to DOVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY — restore/repair museum basement
Largest: $16,000 to WESTERN DISTRICT LIBRARY — basement waterproofing
Largest: $15,000 to CONGREGATION ANSHE EMETH — basement water protection system 2026
Rome Community FoundationRome, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,771 · through 2024Largest: $9,800 to CHRIST CHURCH — flooring in basement to compelte fellowship hall.
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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 →