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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 “bites”
Where the money went
Largest: $275,000 to BRIGHTER BITES — fund programs
Dayton Foundation PlusDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $585,000 to BRIGHTER BITES — various projects
Largest: $50,000 to SOUTH SOUND CARE FOUNDATION — beer & bites 2024
Largest: $75,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY INC — a single bite
Largest: $50,000 to FUND FOR A SINGLE BITE — an unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose
Largest: $115,000 to Brighter Bites — human services: stabilization and empowerment
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to Malaria No More Fund — to support malaria no more's mission and vision of a world where no one dies of a mosquito bite.
Largest: $2,500 to BRIGHTER BITES FEIN 47-4070026 — to support the organization's mission to improve health outcomes among children and families in under-resourced communities through providing fresh produce and nutrition education.
Community Foundation of Orange and SulliMontgomery, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $151,325 · through 2024Largest: $61,075 to A SINGLE BITE — program support
Food Export USA - NortheastPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $127,764 · through 2024Largest: $58,210 to BROOKLYN BITES LLC — branded program
Largest: $52,619 to BRIGHTER BITES INC — nuturing healthy teacher project
Largest: $50,000 to BRIGHTER BITES — general operating support
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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 →