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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 “blackwater”
Where the money went
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida ITallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $74,000 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to BLACKWATER FOX HUNTERS ASSOCIATION — 60th annual blackwater fox hunters association field trial & bench show
Largest: $15,000 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INC — interactive guide and tours of the blackwater watershedhigh alleghenies
Largest: $40,000 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INC — generaloperatingsupport
The Dunn FoundationMineral Wells, WV
4 matching grants · $27,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER — general admin
Largest: $7,000 to BLACKWATER MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION — support food bank
Largest: $175,000 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INC — for the west virginia mountain railroad historic trail project, which aims to activate the strategy for a new 107-mile regional trail connecting 20 towns and hubs between elkins, b…
Largest: $20,000 to BLACKWATER MINISTERIAL AS — annual donation
Tucker Community FoundationParsons, WVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $18,786 · through 2024Largest: $6,636 to BLACKWATER MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION — human services
The West Virginia Humanities CouncilCharleston, WVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $34,245 · through 2022Largest: $19,665 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER — support the organization's projectssupport the organization's projects
Largest: $6,317 to BLACKWATER REGIONAL LIBRARY — unrestricted general
Southern Partners FundAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INC — social,economic & environm justice
Largest: $100,000 to FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INC — to create a plan for a new national historic trail and to install a new observation platform at douglas falls in blackwater falls state park
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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 →