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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 “chefs”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to MERCY CHEFS INC — for nc and tn helene flooding fund
Largest: $5,000 to Chicago Chefs Cook — jean banchet awards event benefitting the chef erick williams' virtue leadership development program
Largest: $225,000 to CHEF ANN FOUNDATION — project support
Largest: $30,000 to CHEF ANN FOUNDATION — general & unrestricted
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $515,000 to CHEF ANN FOUNDATION — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $60,000 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC (FUTURE CHEFS) — scholarship/aid
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $347,929 · through 2022Largest: $71,361 to LIFEHOUSE — advised - for a straight donation to great chefs and wineries 2022. advised - for general operating support. advised - for general support diamond sponsorship, great chefs and wine…
Largest: $95,000 to FUTURE CHEFS — support school to career
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $210,283 · through 2024Largest: $136,483 to MERCY CHEFS INC — human services
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $882,800 · through 2023Largest: $15,500 to Mercy Chefs — support for turkey and syria earthquake relief, general operating support, support for victims of fire in hawaii, support for maui disaster relief, support for hurricane ian relief
Largest: $50,000 to CHEFS FOR KIDS — support malnutrition and hunger in children
Largest: $3,500 to THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLANDFUTURE CHEFS — in support of future chefs
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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 →