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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 “cottonwood”
Where the money went
Southwest Initiative FoundationHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $261,747 · through 2024Largest: $8,075 to CITY OF COTTONWOOD — fire department, improvements for veteran's memorial park, cottonwood ambulance services, cottonwood splash pad project.
Cottonwood FoundationLawrence, KSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2025Largest: $700,704 to COTTONWOOD INC — assistance to disabled individuals
Developmental PathwaysAurora, COCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $783,920 · through 2024Largest: $221,000 to COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES — cottonwood staff stability grant,housing support
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $338,983 · through 2024Largest: $222,531 to Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church — religious ministry
SourceamericaVienna, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $185,268 · through 2024Largest: $65,795 to COTTONWOOD INC — 14c transition, ers grants
The Wilderness SocietyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $506,600 · through 2022Largest: $213,300 to COTTONWOOD GULCH EXPEDITIONS — conservation projects
Thorne Ecological InstituteBoulder, COCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $140,819 · through 2024Largest: $57,612 to COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE — nature's kids
Largest: $3,500 to COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE — program support
Largest: $15,000 to MORLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — cottonwood ranch state
Largest: $15,000 to COTTONWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — to support environmental projects.
Houston County Ems AssociationAshford, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $450,415 · through 2024Largest: $247,750 to COTTONWOOD AMBULANCE AND RESCUE SQUAD INC — provide funds to assist the local volunteer emergency department
Largest: $8,833 to COTTONWOOD CEMETERY ASSN — charitable activities
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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 →