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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 “chess”
Where the money went
Chess Club and Scholastic CenterSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2024Largest: $165,000 to US CHESS FEDERATION — womens chess programming grant & chess olympiad support
United States of AmericaSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $135,500 · through 2024Largest: $8,500 to CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS — to help cover the costs of the girls in chess initiative, a special program for school-age girls in four girls prep charter schools, two elementary and two middle, located in the l…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $470,600 to Yad Chessed Fund — social services
Largest: $42,000 to WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME — drawing- fischer v spaasky, world chess championship, reykjavic, iceland
Largest: $160,000 to U S CHESS TRUST — chess fellowship
The Oregon Community FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $326,269 · through 2024Largest: $142,219 to Chess For Success — parks and recreation
Largest: $25,000 to Catholic CHESS Project — unrestricted use bycatholic chess project
Largest: $50,000 to CHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC — teachers will receive customized training and access to technology tools that allow offering chess instruction to students at their schools, at their own pace
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $204,050 · through 2023Largest: $35,000 to Chicago Chess Foundation — support of the chi town chess summer celebration at the nature playlot in west englewood (no tickets or benefits received). contribution to chi-town chess, general operating suppor…
Largest: $500,000 to EAST HILL SYNAGOGUE CHESSED FUND — general tax exempt purposes
Largest: $117,000 to KASPAROV CHESS FOUNDATION — to support the children's chess program in zambia and zimbabwe
Largest: $5,000 to CHESS FOR SUCCESS — financial support for teaching children the game of chess
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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 →