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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 “buliding”
Where the money went
Largest: $161,500 to INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — general operating, scholarships, dance buliding & cac endowment for visual arts
Citizens for Energizing Michigan'SOkemos, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to BULIDING A BETTER ECONOMY — social welfare contribution
Lotz Family FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
2 matching grants · $4,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to LIME ROCK FOUNDATION — to provide funds for the purpose of restoring, maintaining, and preserving the historically and architecturally significant bulidings, the ilyc club house, and the supporting marin…
Largest: $250,000 to Baylor University — buliding program
Largest: $163,000 to VILLAGE OF WILLIAMSBURG — bulid 2 pickleball courts & parking
Largest: $57,000 to HANNAH'S HOPE MINISTRIES — make improvement on the ministries buliding
The Connecticut ProjectNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to BULIDING ONE COMMUNITY — immigrant community statewide steering committee planning and coordination grant
The Jewish FundBloomfield Hills, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,500 · through 2024Largest: $12,500 to MOISHE HOUSE — education and relationship buliding in the jewish community
Largest: $11,000 to PHI DELTA THETA FOUNDATION — support tradition of buliding strong core values, friendship, and sound learning for young men.
Largest: $10,000 to Crosswicks Monthly Meeting — restoration buliding exterior
Largest: $8,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN — to bulid shade structure
Largest: $5,000 to RICE MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEE VOLUNT — rice medical center employee volunteer education buliding honoring steve balas for his vision, leadership and commitment to the health and well-beling of the community.
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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 →