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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 “communty”
Where the money went
Yale New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $9.8M · through 2023Largest: $3.3M to CITY OF NEW HAVEN — communty benefit dev
American Association of CommunityWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to MIDDLESEX COMMUNTY COLLEGE — skills to succeed
Largest: $15,000 to MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNTY CENTER — jewish film fest
Largest: $65,200 to CREATED CONNECTED COMMUNTIES — charitable grant
Largest: $30,000 to ARIZONA COMMUNTY FOUNDATION — support az climate smart economic development fund
Largest: $150,000 to NATIONAL PARENTS UNION — npu massachusetts empowering communties
West Tn Healthcare FoundationJackson, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $26,500 · through 2023Largest: $12,500 to SEACOAST COMMUNTY CHURCH — $1,500 for legacy offering; $5,000 for seacoast benevolence program; $6,000 for general support.
Wisconsin Community Action ProgramMadison, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $171,636 · through 2024Largest: $86,015 to WEST CENTRAL CAA — vaccine communty outreach, workforce innovation grant
Largest: $200,000 to ISOTHERMAL COMMUNTY COLLEGE — health & science bldg fund
Michigan State Bar FoundationLansing, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $90,258 · through 2022Largest: $67,931 to MICHIGAN COMMUNTY RESOURCESCOMMUNITY LEGAL RESOURCES — community redevelopment legal assistance
Southeastern Massachusetts AgriculturalSouth Dartmouth, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $84,595 · through 2022Largest: $64,042 to COMMUNTY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE — farmers market promotion program welcoming markets
Largest: $25,000 to ANEWAMERICA COMMUNTY CORPORATION — program/operating support
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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 →