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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 “contruction”
Where the money went
Pinehills Affordable Housing CharitablePlymouth, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $358,000 · through 2025Largest: $158,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PLYMOUTH INC — grant of $111,000 toward the contruction of a home at 31 strand ave in plymouth, ma. grant of $47,000 toward the contruction of a home at 597 wareham road in plymouth, ma.
Largest: $600,000 to TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION — contruction of the veterinary school small animal hospital support.
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — durham school of architectural engineering and contruction
Largest: $100,000 to UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AT CSUS — contruction management scholarships
Largest: $100,000 to RONCALLI CATHOLICS SCHOOLS — new school contruction
Largest: $25,000 to WATAUGA COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — gay family home contruction
Largest: $3.7M to Latvian Center Garezers — contruction of new multi activity building
International Biomedical ResearchBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $800,000 · through 2022Largest: $800,000 to FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC — contruction of housing for scholars
Conserving CarolinaHendersonville, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12.8M · through 2024Largest: $12.8M to The Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy — nc trails system planning, contruction, promotion, and maintenance
Largest: $213,181 to CITY OF PECULIAR — contruction of pickleball courts
Largest: $161,500 to NSAF TRUST — this organization is contructing a hospital to provide free kidney dialysis to disadvantaged poor people at large
The Carls FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI
1 matching grant · $250,000 · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to FORGOTTEN HARVEST — acquisition and contruction of a new warehouse
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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 →