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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 “commodore”
Where the money went
Largest: $110,000 to FRIENDS OF THE COMMODORE TRAIL — general operating support
Cape Cod Baseball LeagueCotuit, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $70,636 · through 2024Largest: $30,336 to FALMOUTH BASEBALL CLUB INC DBA FALMOUTH COMMODORES — promote, govern and conduct amateur baseball
Largest: $11,529 to FRIENDS OF THE COMMODORE TRAIL — to promote fixing, improving and making the commodore trail safe for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists.
Largest: $4,240 to COMMODORE BUILDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — exempt purposes
Largest: $3,000 to VANDERBILT COMMODORE CLUB — general operations
Largest: $15,000 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — national commodore club
Largest: $5,000 to NATIONAL COMMODORE CLUB — unrestricted operating funds
International Union of Bricklayers &Long Island City, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $481,540 · through 2023Largest: $481,540 to Commodore Const Corp — job targeting program
Largest: $2,000 to SEATTLE SEAFAIR COMMODORES — seafair float maintenance & storage
Largest: $150,000 to LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — general operating support for the early learning center, early college high school program and the commodore comeback program
Largest: $1,205 to COMMODORE SLOAT SCHOOL FUND — employee giving program
Jewish Community Federation of SanSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to COMMODORE SLOAT SCHOOL FUND — philanthropy/voluntarism/grantmaking
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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 →