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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 “campground”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to COLES CAMPGROUND METHODIST CHURCH C — fulfill terms of decedent's will
United Jewish Appeal-Federation ofNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $6.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to HENRY KAUFMANN CAMPGROUNDS INC — caring/jewish life
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
4 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2025Largest: $861,224 to HISTORIC SANTA CLAUS CAMPGROUND — capital proj-resdntl camp for in yth
Community Foundation AllianceEvansville, INCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $49,480 · through 2024Largest: $30,940 to HISTORIC SANTA CLAUS CAMPGROUND INC — to further the exempt purpose of the organization.
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to CITY OF ALDEN — alden riverview campground addition
Largest: $150,000 to CITY OF FLOODWOOD — capital support to make campground improvements and increase child care availability as well as contract with ceda to identify community needs in rural minnesota.
Largest: $122,883 to SALEM CAMPGROUND INC — charitable donation
Largest: $19,000 to HISTORIC SANTA CLAUS CAMPGROUND CORP — general & unrestricted
Largest: $100,000 to CITY OF WINTERSET — winterset park and recreation has commissioned the design of a large all-inclusive playground at winterset city park through a request for proposals (rfp) process to replace the cu…
Largest: $1.5M to THE HEADWATERS LIMITED — sustainable community development in glenorchy, new zealand. project includes community store, public campground, restoration of native landscape, educating public on sustainable p…
Ncrc Community Development FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $31,356 · through 2023Largest: $11,323 to COUNTRY BEND CAMPGROUND LLC — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
Friends of the Hocking Hills State ParkLogan, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55,529 · through 2024Largest: $8,477 to Hocking Hills State Park — purchases throughout 2024 for live animal care supplies, naturalist's program expenses, campground map printing, and butterfly garden maintenance.
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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 →