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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 “coldwater”
Where the money went
Largest: $7,500 to COLDWATER BAND BOOSTERS — music education
Largest: $369,000 to TROUT UNLIMITED — to provide technical assistance and implement projects to restore and reconnect coldwater habitat to bring about improved eastern brook trout populations in the foundations focal g…
Largest: $5,000 to WWWEDFOrg — colorado trout unlimited works to conserve, protect and restore colorados coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
Missouri United Methodist FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $28,694 · through 2024Largest: $9,590 to COLDWATER UNITED METHODIST CEMETERY — used for promoting the perpetual care and maintenance of the coldwater methodist cemetery.
Swig FoundationSan Francisco, CA
5 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to TROUT UNLIMITED — work to keep our country's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds safe from environmental threats for this and future generations of anglers to enjoy.
Michigan Center for Rural HealthEast Lansing, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $281,422 · through 2024Largest: $257,853 to PROMEDICA COLDWATER — see statement 2.
Branch County Community FoundationColdwater, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $49,852 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to CITY OF COLDWATER — tennis court updates
Largest: $13,000 to Coldwater Community Center — program support
Largest: $26,708 to Coldwater Kiwanis Club — charitable uses
Largest: $10,000 to TROUT UNLIMITEDCOLDWATER CONSERVATION FUND — coldwater conservation fund projects to protect wild trout and the streams they inhabit
Largest: $15,000 to MONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED — conservation & restoration of montana's coldwater fisheries & their watersheds.
Elks National FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $25,500 · through 2024Largest: $8,500 to COLDWATER MI LODGE NO 1023 — community investment program
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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 →