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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 “bravo”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.0M to BROWN UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE — orlando bravo center for economic research
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $163,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to BRAVO COLORADO AT VAIL-BEAVER CREEK — for bravo!vail music festival
Largest: $45,000 to Bravo Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek dba Bravo Vail Music Festival — program support
Largest: $125,000 to BRAVO VAIL — support for bravo! vail music festival
Largest: $13,344 to GERARDO BRAVO — educational scholarship
Largest: $43,416 to University of California-Davis — scholarships for alejandro flores (850), alyssa bravo (8,100), amrit chauhan (5,000), angelina hernandez (2,000), angelina phan (5,000), ariana tovar (3,000), choua yang (1,666), c…
Largest: $29,000 to Rio Bravo Baptist Church — operating expenses
The Taos Community FoundationTaos, NMCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $257,307 · through 2024Largest: $214,073 to AMIGOS BRAVOS — core operating support
Feichtmeir FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $27,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRA — scholarship fund
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $81,291 · through 2023Largest: $12,500 to DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC — bravo greater des moines and des moines metro opera's arts facility master plan and feasibility study
Largest: $100,000 to Bravo Vail — to provide support to the organization.
Largest: $40,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY — the orlando bravo center for economic research
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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 →