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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.
6 funders with a record of paying for “broccoli”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE — dana & albert broccoli scholarship
Largest: $315,000 to FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND — 1. increase the ability to connect local and regional farmers with the 36 ri school districts 2. expand supply chain of maine grown broccoli with k-12 schools, colleges and institu…
Largest: $7,500 to BROCCOLI HALL — discretionary donation
Givinga FoundationWellesley, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $12,000 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to BROCCOLI HALL INC — program support
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to SUNSHINE AND BROCCOLI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — for equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing standards
Philanthropic Ventures FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $24,700 · through 2022Largest: $24,700 to BROCCOLI CITY INC — developing the yuri kochiyama solidarity website
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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 →

