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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 “butter”
Where the money went
Largest: $550,150 to PROJECT PEANUT BUTTER — malawi factory refurbishment
Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $256,169 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ROYAL GUERNSEY CREAMERY LLC — increase butter storage
The Peanut Institute FoundationAlbany, GACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $226,200 · through 2024Largest: $151,200 to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY — peanut butter & gut health in children
James & Beatrice Salah Charitable TrustFort Lauderdale, FL
4 matching grants · $30,500 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY PROJECT — program support
Food Export Association of the Midwest USAChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $202,309 · through 2024Largest: $117,284 to BUTTER BUDS INC — map atp rapp program
Largest: $35,000 to Linton Chamber Music Cincinnati Music Hall — linton chamber music's peanut butter & jam sessions program
Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family FoundaWilmington, DE
4 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2025Largest: $3,000 to PROJECT PEANUT BUTTER — general & unrestricted
Largest: $509,060 to CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — support womens fund, chreece hip hop fundraiser, ganggang-butter, and teenworks scholarship fund
Largest: $20,000 to Peanut Butter Jesus — humanitarian aid - eradicating severe acute malnutrition via distribution of fortified peanut butter paste & gospel in malawi.
Largest: $5,200 to GIVE BUTTER PROJECT 351 — support and organize events
Largest: $4,000 to CHATHAM BAROQUE — to support the peanut butter and jam sessions, informal concerts for pre-school children and their parents, over three years
Allegany Franciscan MinistriesPalm Harbor, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to FEAST INC - CEREAL AND PEANUT BUTTER PROJECT — cereal and peanut butter project
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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 →