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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 “cots”
Where the money went
Largest: $70,000 to COTTING SCHOOL FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN — to benefit handicapped children &/related research.
Largest: $100,000 to COTS — unrestricted charitable grant
Largest: $120,621 to COTTING SCHOOL — unrestricted general
Largest: $85,000 to YWCA CENTRAL INDIANA — emergency shelter & cots stay program; capital campaign feasibility study
Largest: $60,000 to COTTING SCHOOL INC — project bridges and transition services
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $320,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to COTS — promote positive outcomes for detroit children and families through a launch of the cots family development program to increase equitable access to quality education, coaching, wor…
Fanny Allen CorporationAndover, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Committee On Temporary Shelter (COTS) — cots housing resource center
Largest: $40,000 to COTS INC — general & unrestricted
Sonoma County Vintners FoundationSanta Rosa, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to COTS (COMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS) — to support the cots food program mary's table
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $110,589 · through 2024Largest: $29,045 to Cotting School Inc — operating support/annual fund
Columbus Medical Association FoundationColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $360,000 to COTS — to support its core services
Largest: $16,000 to COTS — support for general operations
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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 →