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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 “bronze”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to NEWARK BRONZE SHIELDS — annual scholarship dinner dance, 3/18/23, corporate sponsorship
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2022Largest: $1.4M to ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — general operating support, luminary society contribution, support for school of the art institute of chicago: new artists society/annual fund, support for women's board, support fo…
Bronze Valley FoundationBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $652,500 to Bronze Valley Corp — to support the not for profit organization's operational capacity
Kaiser Foundation Health PlanOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $82,250 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Black Directors Health Equity — fy 22 bronze sponsorship for bdhea 2022 national s
Largest: $25,000 to ALEXANDER DAVID SYMONS — symons, alexander (cornell u.) "walking walls: herds, enclosures and land claims in the late bronze age south caucasus."
Largest: $6,500 to CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — great strides event - bronze sponsorshipgreat strides - event sponsor
Largest: $75,000 to LOIS BRONZ CHILDRENS CENTER — child care tuition assistance program
Largest: $9,200 to CIVIC THEATRE — bronze star sponser
Largest: $6,500 to AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — bronze sponsor
Largest: $6,000 to ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION INC — 2024 golf challenge events - bronze sponsorship
Largest: $15,000 to BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE HOUSTON TEXAS — bronze hammer award
Largest: $25,000 to BRONZE VALLEY CORP — bronze valley venturelab delaware program
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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 →