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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 “carriage”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.9M to UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — kahlert village / kahlert initiative for technology (kit)*, crimson club scholarship fund, bob allen endowed scholarship fund, the kahlert school of computing, university of utah h…
Largest: $4,738 to CARRIAGE TOWN MINISTRIES — support of carriage town
Largest: $325,000 to SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM — support of the annual vaquero; benefit event carriage house mosiac; general operating support
Largest: $35,000 to SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — parks-janeway carriage museum
Mary Cross Tippmann FoundationFort Wayne, INCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $65,000 · through 2025Largest: $35,000 to Carriage House (Fort Wayne Clubhouse) — general operating
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $164,555 · through 2024Largest: $66,200 to Littleton Community Center — for the light up littleton and carriage barn project
Largest: $196,103 to EVAH C CRAY HISTORICAL HOME MUSEUM — operation of museum & carriage shopp
Largest: $80,000 to CARRIAGE TOWN MINISTRIES — program services
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $63,902 · through 2022Largest: $25,088 to CARRIAGE HILL APARTMENTS OWNER LLC — covid relief assistance
Largest: $4,500 to CARRIAGE TOWN MINISTRIES — general operating
Largest: $40,000 to HORSELESS CARRIAGE FOUNDATION — funds for discretionary use
Largest: $4,000 to LI MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART HISTORY & CARRIAGES — 2023 general operating funds
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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 →

