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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 “bittersweet”
Where the money went
Toledo Community FoundationToledo, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $226,802 · through 2024Largest: $57,450 to BITTERSWEET FARMS — 2022 funding for residential programs, general support, social recreation program, bittersweet creative arts program, bittersweet pemberville rec respite, general support, bittersw…
Largest: $7,494 to BITTERSWEET AUTISM FOUNDATION — for bittersweet farms.
Bittersweet Autism FoundationWhitehouse, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $537,908 to BITTERSWEET INC — to support the mission and operations of bittersweet, inc.
Largest: $30,000 to BITTERSWEET INC — unrestricted general
Largest: $5,000 to Bittersweet Farms — general operating support for bittersweet farms
Largest: $10,000 to BITTERSWEET FARMS — general operating
Largest: $5,000 to BITTERSWEET FARMS — to support the organization in carrying out their exempt purpose
Largest: $3,500 to BITTERSWEET FARMS — focus on development and investment mangement practices and owning and operating real estate and providing other affordable independent housing opportunities to individuals with au…
Largest: $6,000 to BITTERSWEET INC — program supplies
National Association for the Exchange ofGalesburg, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $29,254 · through 2023Largest: $16,242 to BITTERSWEET INC — care of ill, needy, or minor
Largest: $1,000 to BITTERSWEET INC — general operating
Toledo Classic Inc Dba Marathon ClassiToledo, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2021Largest: $20,000 to BITTERSWEET INC — support bittersweet farms' six-week long summer enrichment program serving adolescents with autism ages 13-21 in northwest ohio
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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 →