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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
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5 funders with a record of paying for “capitalimprovements”
Where the money went Norton Charitable Trust → Oswayo Valley Education Foundation: $69K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → Newman Catholic Foundation: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ernest L & Mildred Roberts Sweet Foundation → Tioga County Partnership for Community Health: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Farrer Endowment Foundation → Mercy Medical Center Foundation North Iowa: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation → Museum of Friends: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Norton Charitable Trust → Myrtle Gospel Tabernacle: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → Ioof Home and Community Therapy Center: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ernest L & Mildred Roberts Sweet Foundation → His Thousand Hills Ministries: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Farrer Endowment Foundation → City of Swaledale: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Norton Charitable Trust → Hebron Center Christian School: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → City Clarion: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ernest L & Mildred Roberts Sweet Foundation → The Learning Tree of Wellsboro: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Farrer Endowment Foundation → Habitat for Humanity of North Central Iowa: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Norton Charitable Trust → Eleven Mile Cemetery: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Norton Charitable Trust → First Baptist Church: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → North Iowa Christian School: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → Chickasaw Athletic Booster Club: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → National 19th Amendment Society: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Norton Charitable Trust → Crosstown Alliance: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → Floyd County Historical Society: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → City of Stacyville: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → City of Thornton: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → Immaculate Conception School: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → St Ansgar Historic School Project: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc → Firefighters of Elma: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Norton Charitable Trust: $142K on this topic. Open the funder. Norton Charitable Trust $142K First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc: $105K on this topic. Open the funder. First Citizens Charitable Fou… $105K Ernest L & Mildred Roberts Sweet Foundation: $54K on this topic. Open the funder. Ernest L & Mildred Roberts Sw… $54K Farrer Endowment Foundation: $31K on this topic. Open the funder. Farrer Endowment Foundation $31K Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundati… $10K Oswayo Valley Education Foundation: received $69K on this topic Oswayo Valley Education Foundat… $69K Newman Catholic Foundation: received $51K on this topic Newman Catholic Foundation $51K Tioga County Partnership for Community Health: received $38K on this topic Tioga County Partnership for Co… $38K Myrtle Gospel Tabernacle: received $21K on this topic Myrtle Gospel Tabernacle $21K Mercy Medical Center Foundation North Iowa: received $20K on this topic Mercy Medical Center Foundation… $20K Hebron Center Christian School: received $20K on this topic Hebron Center Christian School $20K Eleven Mile Cemetery: received $14K on this topic Eleven Mile Cemetery $14K First Baptist Church: received $14K on this topic First Baptist Church $14K Ioof Home and Community Therapy Center: received $12K on this topic Ioof Home and Community Therapy… $12K Museum of Friends: received $10K on this topic Museum of Friends $10K His Thousand Hills Ministries: received $10K on this topic His Thousand Hills Ministries $10K City Clarion: received $10K on this topic City Clarion $10K North Iowa Christian School: received $10K on this topic North Iowa Christian School $10K City of Swaledale: received $8K on this topic City of Swaledale $8K The Learning Tree of Wellsboro: received $6K on this topic The Learning Tree of Wellsboro $6K Chickasaw Athletic Booster Club: received $5K on this topic Chickasaw Athletic Booster Club $5K National 19th Amendment Society: received $5K on this topic National 19th Amendment Society $5K Crosstown Alliance: received $4K on this topic Crosstown Alliance $4K Habitat for Humanity of North Central Iowa: received $3K on this topic Habitat for Humanity of North C… $3K Floyd County Historical Society: received $3K on this topic Floyd County Historical Society $3K City of Stacyville: received $3K on this topic City of Stacyville $3K City of Thornton: received $2K on this topic City of Thornton $2K Immaculate Conception School: received $2K on this topic Immaculate Conception School $2K St Ansgar Historic School Project: received $1K on this topic St Ansgar Historic School Proje… $1K Firefighters of Elma: received $1K on this topic Firefighters of Elma $1K 5 funders, 25 recipients, grants matching “capitalimprovements” only. 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