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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 “bleachers”

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Acahand Foundation → New Plymouth School District: $897K across 2 grants, latest 2023North Polk Athletic Association Booster → North Polk Community School District: $186K across 2 grants, latest 2024High Point Educational and Community → High Point Academy: $159K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax → General Board of the Church of the Nazarene: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023Henry Logan Children's Home Inc → Boys and Girls Club of Wv: $83K across 3 grants, latest 2025Montana Community Foundation Inc → Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation Inc: $58K across 1 grant, latest 2021Absher Charitable Foundation Inc → White County 4h: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Ford Family Foundation → Coos County Fairgrounds: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Harper County Community Foundation → Attica Saddle Club: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Columbia Family Foundation → Rotary Foundation of Woodland: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Innovia Foundation → Chs Viking Booster Club and Education Foundation: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2021Mfa Oil Foundation → City of Laddonia: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Montana Community Foundation Inc → Forsyth Public Schools: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Family Foundation → Owhyee Defense Fund: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2022Innovia Foundation → Sugar Bowl Rodeo Association: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mfa Oil Foundation → Friends of the Higbee Ffa: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Enterprise Education Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mfa Oil Foundation → Purdy R-II School District: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Acahand Foundation: $897K on this topic. Open the funder.Acahand Foundation$897KNorth Polk Athletic Association Booster: $186K on this topic. Open the funder.North Polk Athletic Associati…$186KHigh Point Educational and Community: $159K on this topic. Open the funder.High Point Educational and Co…$159KThe Ford Family Foundation: $116K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Family Foundation$116KCommunity Foundation of North Texas (Tax: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of North…$100KMontana Community Foundation Inc: $99K on this topic. Open the funder.Montana Community Foundation…$99KHenry Logan Children's Home Inc: $83K on this topic. Open the funder.Henry Logan Children's Home I…$83KAbsher Charitable Foundation Inc: $55K on this topic. Open the funder.Absher Charitable Foundation…$55KHarper County Community Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Harper County Community Found…$20KInnovia Foundation: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.Innovia Foundation$16KColumbia Family Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Columbia Family Foundation$15KMfa Oil Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Mfa Oil Foundation$6KNew Plymouth School District: received $897K on this topicNew Plymouth School District$897KNorth Polk Community School District: received $186K on this topicNorth Polk Community School Dis…$186KHigh Point Academy: received $159K on this topicHigh Point Academy$159KGeneral Board of the Church of the Nazarene: received $100K on this topicGeneral Board of the Church of…$100KBoys and Girls Club of Wv: received $83K on this topicBoys and Girls Club of Wv$83KYellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation Inc: received $58K on this topicYellowstone Boys and Girls Ranc…$58KWhite County 4h: received $55K on this topicWhite County 4h$55KCoos County Fairgrounds: received $50K on this topicCoos County Fairgrounds$50KForsyth Public Schools: received $41K on this topicForsyth Public Schools$41KOwhyee Defense Fund: received $41K on this topicOwhyee Defense Fund$41KEnterprise Education Foundation: received $25K on this topicEnterprise Education Foundation$25KAttica Saddle Club: received $20K on this topicAttica Saddle Club$20KRotary Foundation of Woodland: received $15K on this topicRotary Foundation of Woodland$15KChs Viking Booster Club and Education Foundation: received $9K on this topicChs Viking Booster Club and Edu…$9KSugar Bowl Rodeo Association: received $8K on this topicSugar Bowl Rodeo Association$8KCity of Laddonia: received $2K on this topicCity of Laddonia$2KFriends of the Higbee Ffa: received $2K on this topicFriends of the Higbee Ffa$2KPurdy R-II School District: received $2K on this topicPurdy R-II School District$2K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →