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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 “corridor”
Where the money went
Northland FoundationDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to DEPOT ON CENTRAL LLC — to support the economic revitalization of main street corridors across northeast minnesota.
Largest: $2.4M to Napa County Land Trust — to establish three high-functioning, priority wildlife corridors in napa county through acquisition, permanent protection, and initial stewardship of strategic properties.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
19 matching grants · $10.7M · through 2022Largest: $197,963 to RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — create a plan to improve learning and teaching in elementary schools in the southwest corridor of haiti via a partnership between universite publique du sud aux cayes, faculty of e…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2022Largest: $850,000 to South Shore Chamber Community Development Corporation — a real estate development staff position and to provide an equity contribution for a real estate project on the 71st corridor in the south shore neighborhood as part of the neighbo…
Largest: $4.0M to EYE & EAR FOUNDATION INC — life sciences economic development corridor / developing innovative vision care for all
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $947,362 to TIOGA COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF NEW YORK — restore chesapeake stream corridors in ny & pa
Largest: $400,000 to CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION — corridors and crossings program
Greenstate Credit UnionNorth Liberty, IACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to Boys & Girls Club of the Corridor — unlocking the future campaign
Largest: $175,000 to WILDSIGHT — environmental - rocky and columbia mountains corridor
Largest: $25,000 to GORILLA REHABILITATION AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION — usala conservation corridor to protect grauer's gorilla (gorilla beringei graueri), north kivu, dr
Largest: $18.0M to Atlanta BeltLine Partnership — completion of the 22-mile trail corridor loop ($75 million) and support for the legacy resident retention program ($2.5 million) and partnership operations ($2.5 million).
Largest: $150,000 to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — to support revitalization work along the lake street corridor
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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 →