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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 “charm”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to CHARM CITY CARE CONNECTION — grants are to be used in accordance with the established purpose of the recipient organization.
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $408,810 · through 2023Largest: $120,925 to KITTY BUNGALOW CHARM SCHOOL — program service support
Largest: $7,000 to CHARM CITY CARE CONNECTION — see form 990-pf part xv line 2d
Baltimore Community FoundationBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $95,355 · through 2024Largest: $64,735 to CHARM CITY LAND TRUST INC — general support and various projects
Largest: $854,200 to CHARM CITY CULTURAL CULTIVATION INC — to support capacity building for the last resort artist retreat, a program of charm city cultural cultivation, with staff costs, fundraising consulting capacities, facilities manag…
Thomas & Annette Dircks FamilyPonte Vedra Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $23,000 · through 2024Largest: $8,000 to CELTIC CHARMS — equine therapy
Largest: $19,880 to MIR FATIMAH KANTH — kanth, mir fatimah (california, san diego, u. of) "charm offensive: counterinsurgency, everyday life and youth in kashmir"
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $304,800 · through 2024Largest: $154,800 to Charm City Cultural Cultivation Inc — arts & culture
Largest: $5,000 to LIVE-THRIVE INC AKA CHARM RECYCLING FOUNDATION — general operations
Largest: $127,000 to CHARM — general charitable purpose
Largest: $50,000 to CHARM CITY CARE CONNECTION INC — to support the general operations of this organization, which provides services to individuals struggling with substance use.
Largest: $20,000 to Fund for Educational Excellence — support for charm: voices of baltimore youth
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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 →