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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 “commuinity”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION — commuinity based
Largest: $13,000 to MARIN COMMUINITY FOUNDATION — support of organization's charitable purpose
Jobs for the FutureBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2022Largest: $61,391 to WARREN COUNTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMM COLLEGE DBA SINCLAIR COMMUINITY COL — ascendium ready for pell project
Largest: $5,000 to FAMILY TREE INC — to provide health services to marginalzed commuinities
Michigan Masonic Charitable FoundationAlma, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $500,000 · through 2021Largest: $500,000 to SAY DETROIT — commuinity grant
Largest: $40,000 to MILL TOWN COMMUINITY TRUST — neighborhood developement
Largest: $10,000 to SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOU — religious, commuinity and educationa
Community Foundation of theYoungstown, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,500 · through 2024Largest: $9,500 to PROMISE COMMUINITY HUB — program support
Largest: $10,000 to GUYMON COMMUINITY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION — program support - jim hitch memorial tourney
Black Hills Area CommunityRapid City, SDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to TEEN COURT — commuinity welfare
Largest: $5,188 to BIRDIES FOR CHARITY — contibute positively to the quality of life in the commuinity
Largest: $4,000 to EPICENTER — employee wellness fund & commuinity engagement meals/events
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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 →