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12 funders with a record of paying for “basement”

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The Center for New York City → Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc Basement Apartment Convers: $166K across 2 grants, latest 2023New York Foundation → Chhaya Community Development Corporation: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Champlin Foundation → Mcauley Ministries: $129K across 1 grant, latest 2023Mertz Gilmore Foundation → Chhaya Community Development Corporation: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → Risen Church: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024Reeves Foundation → Dover Historical Society: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023New Mexico Humanities Council → Basement Films Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wyman R Coulter Trust → Western District Library: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2025Davis Family Foundation → Hampden Historical Society: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hrbt Foundation → Congregation Anshe Emeth: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Wings of Refuge: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Rome Community Foundation → Christ Church: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Center for New York City → Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc Eft - Ach Basement Apartmen: $79K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → South County Museum: $39K across 1 grant, latest 2022New York Foundation → Pratt Center for Community Development: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → Liberty Primitive Baptist Church: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Davis Family Foundation → Maine Art Gallery: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Rome Community Foundation → First Presbyterian Church of Westernville: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hrbt Foundation → Elizaville United Methodist Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Arts On Grand: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Reeves Foundation → Newcomerstown Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → Button Hole: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2023Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → White Rock Ame Zion Church: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Davis Family Foundation → Lamoine Community Arts: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Madrid Historical Society: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → Renaissance City Theatre: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2024Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → Bethlehem Baptist Church of Concord Inc: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2021Davis Family Foundation → Celebration Barn Theater: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Center for New York City: $244K on this topic. Open the funder.The Center for New York City$244KThe Champlin Foundation: $226K on this topic. Open the funder.The Champlin Foundation$226KNew York Foundation: $180K on this topic. Open the funder.New York Foundation$180KCharles A Cannon Trust No 1: $118K on this topic. Open the funder.Charles A Cannon Trust No 1$118KMertz Gilmore Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder.Mertz Gilmore Foundation$80KDavis Family Foundation: $58K on this topic. Open the funder.Davis Family Foundation$58KReeves Foundation: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.Reeves Foundation$37KNew Mexico Humanities Council: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.New Mexico Humanities Council$30KWyman R Coulter Trust: $26K on this topic. Open the funder.Wyman R Coulter Trust$26KHrbt Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.Hrbt Foundation$23KCommunity Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Fdn of Greater Des…$23KRome Community Foundation: $19K on this topic. Open the funder.Rome Community Foundation$19KChhaya Community Development Corporation: received $225K on this topicChhaya Community Development Co…$225KCypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc Basement Apartment Convers: received $166K on this topicCypress Hills Local Development…$166KMcauley Ministries: received $129K on this topicMcauley Ministries$129KCypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc Eft - Ach Basement Apartmen: received $79K on this topicCypress Hills Local Development…$79KRisen Church: received $40K on this topicRisen Church$40KSouth County Museum: received $39K on this topicSouth County Museum$39KPratt Center for Community Development: received $35K on this topicPratt Center for Community Deve…$35KDover Historical Society: received $35K on this topicDover Historical Society$35KButton Hole: received $33K on this topicButton Hole$33KLiberty Primitive Baptist Church: received $30K on this topicLiberty Primitive Baptist Church$30KBasement Films Inc: received $30K on this topicBasement Films Inc$30KWestern District Library: received $26K on this topicWestern District Library$26KRenaissance City Theatre: received $26K on this topicRenaissance City Theatre$26KWhite Rock Ame Zion Church: received $25K on this topicWhite Rock Ame Zion Church$25KBethlehem Baptist Church of Concord Inc: received $23K on this topicBethlehem Baptist Church of Con…$23KHampden Historical Society: received $20K on this topicHampden Historical Society$20KCongregation Anshe Emeth: received $15K on this topicCongregation Anshe Emeth$15KMaine Art Gallery: received $15K on this topicMaine Art Gallery$15KLamoine Community Arts: received $13K on this topicLamoine Community Arts$13KCelebration Barn Theater: received $10K on this topicCelebration Barn Theater$10KWings of Refuge: received $10K on this topicWings of Refuge$10KChrist Church: received $10K on this topicChrist Church$10KFirst Presbyterian Church of Westernville: received $9K on this topicFirst Presbyterian Church of We…$9KElizaville United Methodist Church: received $8K on this topicElizaville United Methodist Chu…$8KArts On Grand: received $8K on this topicArts On Grand$8KMadrid Historical Society: received $5K on this topicMadrid Historical Society$5KNewcomerstown Historical Society: received $2K on this topicNewcomerstown Historical Society$2K
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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 →