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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 “cameras”
Where the money went
Washington Association ofLacey, WACharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $318,527 to CITY OF AUBURN — body worn camera grants
Barnard CollegeNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $960,851 · through 2024Largest: $149,988 to BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM — mri consortium: development of a wide field-of-view camera for the schwarzschild-couder gamma ray telescope
Largest: $9,280 to RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL — implement three projects at smith street station (sss). first, rccr will purchase eight laptops and a charging cart to create a mobile computer lab for residents to access and util…
Largest: $139,654 to POLICE FOUNDATION — to conduct research on police body-worn cameras.
Largest: $3,500 to Bristol Works Inc — to assist in funding the purchase of a video doorbell camera, access control, and camera security system.
Largest: $2,000 to MERCER COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTR — seek thermal cameras
Largest: $24,168 to EAU CLAIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT — math manipulatives, enrichment opportunities, writing and problem solving, regulation tools, social emotional games and books, exercise mats/watercolor paint sets, lesson boards, m…
Largest: $75,000 to Da Camera Society of Texas — general operating support
Lions Clubs International FoundationOak Brook, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $180,448 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Multiple District 33 — purchase adaptive optics retinal camera and field analyzer
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $160,260 · through 2024Largest: $59,015 to FAMILY PROMISE OF NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY — hospitality center expansion, security cameras
The Eva and Marvin SchlangerPalm Beach Gardens, FL
6 matching grants · $95,000 · through 2025Largest: $36,000 to CAMERA — to fund the recipient's operating budget
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $66,670 · through 2024Largest: $20,653 to Holly Hill Child & Family Solutions — toward half of the security cameras requested
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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 →