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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 “comedy”
Where the money went
Jean Shelton FoundationLaguna Beach, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $612,891 · through 2025Largest: $185,841 to CTT Comedy — jean shelton foundation provides ongoing grants to ctt comedy as a supporting organization to the latter.
Largest: $326,750 to NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER — operating supportdirector/staff unrestricted grants
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $495,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to COUNCIL ON AGING ORANGE COUNTY — visitor prg, smilemakers, comedy sponsor
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $100,212 · through 2024Largest: $34,030 to GENESIUS GUILD — present classical theater- greek drama, comedy and the works of shakespeare. plays are outdoors and free
Largest: $468,401 to NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER INC — operating and marketing support, debt service
Largest: $100,000 to National Comedy Center Inc — comedy and caregiving
Community Foundation for NantucketNantucket, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $59,625 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to NANTUCKET COMEDY FESTIVAL — arts & culture
Largest: $478,860 to AMERICAN U — 80139 employing comedy as a cultural change strategy for social justice, health equity, and civic power
Community Foundation for Greater BuffaloBuffalo, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $750,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER INC — charitable support. any restrictions have been communicated to the grantee.
Largest: $100,000 to DELION INCORPORATED — to support the 20th anniversary of the ny arab american comedy festival.
Community Foundation of WesternSpringfield, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $76,000 · through 2024Largest: $31,000 to HAPPIER VALLEY COMEDY INC — a: arts, culture & humanities
Largest: $3,000 to KICKSTAND COMEDY — kickstand comedy's radical hospitality
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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 →