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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 “cave”
Where the money went
Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit FdCarefree, AZCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $328,388 to Cave Creek Unified Education Found — support education
Largest: $200,000 to Friends of the Environment Inc — support for bahamas cave research foundation
Largest: $2.0M to CAVE ORGANIZATION INC — to support general operations
Largest: $400,000 to CAVE CANEM — general operating support
Largest: $50,000 to CAVE CANEM FOUNDATION INC — to support the 2025 cave canem retreat and public programs at pitt-greensburg and city of asylum in pittsburgh
Largest: $133,983 to Cave Canem Foundation Inc — to conduct a mixed-methods study investigating the organizational needs, strategies, and models that enable black literary arts service organizations to thrive despite adverse soci…
Largest: $75,000 to CAVE CANEM FOUNDATION INC — cave canem grant for national programming
Cave Creek Rodeo DaysCave Creek, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $457,258 · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to TOWN OF CAVE CREEK — cost reimbursement
Wonderful Life FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to THE EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION — caves valley evans scholars scholarship
Largest: $102,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - TENNESSEE — assist with bat and cave research and conservation in tennessee
Largest: $45,000 to NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA — implement a comprehensive inventory of bats in two caves in kenya, representing two types of caves. this will contribute to the use of scientific data to gain formal protection of …
Largest: $20,000 to ECCLESIA CAVE CREEK — general & unrestricted
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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 →