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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 “beautify”
Where the money went
Wayne-Metropolitan CommunityDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $484,810 · through 2022Largest: $29,850 to MT OLIVET NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH — beautify neighborhoo
Holden Parks TaBrooklyn, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2025Largest: $340,960 to UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INC — for purposes of improving, beautifying, or adorning wade wade park, rockefeller park or gordon park of the park systems of cleveland, ohio.
Largest: $9,795 to Keep Odessa Beautiful — to empower the citizens of the odessa community to recycle prevent litter and beautify the community.
Largest: $110,000 to GROUNDSWELL — to support groundswell's mission to bring together youth, artists, and community organizations to use art as a tool for social change, for a more just and equitable world. groundsw…
The Mariemont Legacy FoundationCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $196,769 · through 2024Largest: $171,965 to Village of Mariemont — sustain beautify and enhance village of mariemont wading pool campaign
Largest: $3,850 to ARLINGTON COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION — beautifying and improving arlington's public spaces
The Graff Charitable Foundation Inc Co P Mark GraffMcCook, NE
4 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2025Largest: $2,000 to MCCOOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FUND — beautify mccook
Largest: $7,000 to BEAUTIFY DECATUR COALITION — general charitable
Largest: $12,000 to RAPID CITY BEAUTIFICATION — beautify rapid city downtown areas
Largest: $5,000 to BEAUTIFY PULLMAN — maintenance and
Largest: $1,000 to BEAUTIFY LADUE — general operating donation
Largest: $85,587 to LAKESIDE CEMETERY FOUNDATION — assist in funding lakeside cemetery foundation with enough funds to continue to beautify the cemetery, educate the public on the historic value of this cemetery, and expand the cem…
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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 →