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12 funders with a record of paying for “cookbooks”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $2,000 institute for advanced catholic studies$4,000 special collections book restoration - historic cookbooks$2,000 kdfc radio$2,000 kusc radio
Largest: $12,500 to CULINARY HISTORIANS OF NEW YORK — in support of the chny's scholar's grant program & first cookbook that incorporates culinary culture and history
Northwest North Dakota CommunityWilliston, NDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $159,357 · through 2023Largest: $106,238 to STANDING ROCK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — document lakota & dakota languages to write a cookbook
Largest: $12,000 to ST VINCENT MISSION INC — to provide support to provide medically indicated food boxes to clients with chronic diseases. the mission also will offer educational cooking classes on how to prepare diabetic-fr…
Largest: $1,500 to ST HAGOP ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH — summer picnic and cookbooks
Aspen Community FoundationBasalt, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to THE UTAH FILM CENTER — the purpose of this grant is to support the film, ""the great oven cookbook"".
Largest: $40,000 to APNA GHAR INC (OUR HOME) — apna ghar cookbook project
Largest: $25,000 to Origin Project — literary festival and production and publication of the 10th anniversary cookbook
Friends of Little SaigonSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $14,653 · through 2023Largest: $14,653 to CID SMALL BUSINESS HERITAGE GROUP — cid small business heritage group "grit" cookbook project fls was a fiscal sponsor diem thuy le
Martha'S Vineyard AgriculturalWest Tisbury, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to MARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC — cookbook creation
Humboldt Area FoundationBayside, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,500 · through 2021Largest: $7,500 to HEYDAY INSTITUTE — california native cookbook
Largest: $2,000 to MCC FOUNDATION INC — funding to support the purchase of 200 self-published community cookbooks
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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 →