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12 funders with a record of paying for “boardwalk”
Where the money went
Lipe Walter E CharSaint Louis, MO
4 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2025Largest: $7,500 to HEART OF BOARDWALK — general operating
Unison Credit UnionKaukauna, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $96,000 · through 2024Largest: $37,000 to CITY OF KAUKAUNA — fox river boardwalk crossing, kaukauna municipal pool project, tap takeover sponsorship
Community Foundation ofPort Huron, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $986,756 · through 2023Largest: $721,268 to RIVERBANK YOUTH THEATRE — youth programming/st. clair boardwalk theatre
Largest: $250,000 to Indianapolis Art Center — capital support to enhance the artpark, a park along the banks of the white river that showcases contemporary art, and to build a white river boardwalk and trail.
McNaught G CharSaint Louis, MO
3 matching grants · $12,500 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to HEART OF BOARDWALK — general operating
Largest: $100,000 to CITY OF BAINBRIDGE — boardwalk improvements
Largest: $25,000 to VILLAGE OF KALKASKA DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY — us-131 north country trail trailhead and south boardman river boardwalk
Bay Area Community FoundationBay City, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,200 · through 2025Largest: $16,000 to FRANKENLUST TOWNSHIP — nature park accessibility improvement boardwalk extension
Northwest Minnesota FoundationBemidji, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $180,000 · through 2023Largest: $180,000 to BOARDWALK MINI GOLF & SNACK SHACK — main street project - boardwalk mini golf phase ii
Largest: $13,500 to MATHEWS LAND CONSERVANCY — williams wharf boardwalk access revitalization
Largest: $1.0M to CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY — second of 5 installments of $5 million total: for the for all campaign, $4,700,000 for harlem meer shoreline restoration and expanded boardwalk project, $200,000 to mill and repave…
Largest: $8,000 to TOWN OF NEW LONDON (NH) — toward the philbrick-cricenti bog boardwalk in new london, new hampshire.
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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 →