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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 “bookworm”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — nautilus design - new exploration garden
Fk Bemis Family FoundationSheboygan Falls, WI
4 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — community/youth
Largest: $10,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — general operating support / happily haunted
Largest: $3,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — bookworm gardens' nature school
Visit SheboyganSheboygan, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — enhance tourism through core site expansion at bookworm gardens
Largest: $25,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — to support core site expansion capital project
Largest: $5,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — bookworm gardens exploration garden
Largest: $10,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — education support
Largest: $50,000 to BOOKWORM GARDENS — to support operating activities.
Lunda Charitable FundBlack River Falls, WI
3 matching grants · $5,600 · through 2024Largest: $2,100 to JACKSON COUNTY HCE — bookworm program
Largest: $1,043 to BALLERS AND BOOKWORMS — matching gift
Largest: $2,750 to SWEET HOME CENTRAL — bookworm scholarship for graduate who is a voracious reader. hockey - the senior player most dedicated to the sport. girls soccer scholarship given to the team captain
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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 →