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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 “conestoga”
Where the money went
Largest: $33,300 to LITTLE CONESTOGA CREEK FOUNDATION — provide support to restore portions of little conestoga creek
Lancaster County Community FoundationLancaster, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $121,599 · through 2024Largest: $36,296 to CONESTOGA VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — designated for general operating support
New Holland Home AssociationNew Holland, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $534,400 · through 2024Largest: $184,195 to CONESTOGA POST 662 OF THE AMERICAN — support general ops
Largest: $60,000 to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY — conestoga road scholarship
Central Pennsylvania Scholarship FundTyrone, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $115,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to CONESTOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — pennsylvania eitc scholarships
Community AidNew Cumberland, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $43,844 · through 2024Largest: $26,600 to CONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES — to support non-profit partners serving our local community.
Conestoga Valley Education FoundationLancaster, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $704,287 · through 2024Largest: $344,768 to CONESTOGA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT — school supplies & eqip
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $91,500 · through 2024Largest: $49,100 to CONESTOGA VALLEY SEEDS — community & human services
Largest: $3,327 to CONESTOGA VALLEY EDUCATION FDN — general use of the
Ohio Historical SocietyColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $102,050 · through 2023Largest: $52,000 to OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION — conestoga's gift to poindexter village
Largest: $25,000 to LITTLE CONESTOGA CREEK FOUNDATION — blue-green corridor project
Largest: $300,000 to FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE — to purchase analytical equipment to support water-quality and carbon-cycling research to monitor the effectiveness of the little conestoga blue-green corridor restoration project
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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 →