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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 “beehive”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,492 to BEEHIVE DAYCARE CENTER - ASCI PERRYTON SATELLITE CENTER — assistance with operating budget
Largest: $4,500 to BEEHIVE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ACADEM — program support
Largest: $26,000 to ANDREA DUNN - LETS BEEHIVE — 79124 interdisciplinary research leaders cohort six - 2021
Charter FundDenver, COCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to BEEHIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES — charter school growth
Bright FuturesTelluride, COCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $72,260 · through 2024Largest: $58,310 to BEEHIVE FAMILY CHILD CARE — see comment above.
Largest: $25,000 to HALE CENTRE THEATRE — hale centre theatre arts & education beehive
Bny Mellon Charitable Gift FundBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to BEEHIVE GLOBAL INC — to further the organization's exempt purpose
NcinnovationResearch Triangle Park, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $641,951 · through 2024Largest: $641,951 to APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY — beehive improvement and monitoring system
Largest: $2,300 to BEEHIVE ALLIANCE — general operating support
Largest: $50,000 to FOOTPRINT PROJECT — beehive micorgrid project
Center for Radical FuturesSanta Barbara, CA
1 matching grant · $34,050 · through 2024Largest: $34,050 to MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S HOUSE OF DENVER — to provide funding to support the following projects: protect our pollinators art show, 2024/2025 beehive program, hydroponics grow gardens, and mindfulness mongolian yurt which ar…
City First EnterprisesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2022Largest: $75,000 to BEEHIVE LLC — covid-19 small business relief
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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 →