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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 “clothes”
Where the money went
Children IncorporatedNorth Chesterfield, VACharity · may take applications
288 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $25,258 to SPARTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — provides basic and health related needs such as clothing, shoes, food; educational needs such as materials and suppliesprovides basic and health related needs such as clothing, sho…
Largest: $56,930 to BRIGHT STAR — in-kind donation of clothing and home goods
The Dupage Community FoundationDowners Grove, ILCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER — food, nutrition, clothing
Masonic Home of MissouriColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $628,799 · through 2024Largest: $56,250 to CHILDREN'S HAVEN OF SW MISSOURI — assisted 385 children by providing clothing and school supplies.
Largest: $25,000 to HAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION — purchase of food, clothing , shelter
Largest: $30,000 to ONE MANS TREASURE — purchase of a clothing transport van
Largest: $7,500 to COMANCHE ISD — clothing, medical program needs, and supplies for children through school nurse's fund
Anschei Chesed FundBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2023Largest: $874,000 to AHAVAT ISRAEL HUMANITY INC — assistance to families struggling with poverty for food, clothing, shelter and living expenses
Largest: $100,000 to CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE — multi-year support for the purchase and distribution of clothing essentials, diapers, and hygiene products for children and youth.
The Good People FundMillburn, NJCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $261,200 · through 2024Largest: $17,300 to U EMPOWER OF MD THE FOOD PROJECT — clothes food shelter
Largest: $72,446 to PASTORS OF ENGLEWOOD GIFTS FROM GOD MINISTRY — donation of winter clothing to children in need
Largest: $15,000 to DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL SERVICES COUNCIL — food, clothing, and financial assistance to the poor
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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 →