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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 “cream”
Where the money went
Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to AMAZING ICE CREAM LLC — forklift accessible frezer and filler for their continous ice cream machine
Food Export USA - NortheastPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $515,869 · through 2024Largest: $174,025 to REAL KOSHER ICE CREAM DBA KLEINS ICE CREAM — branded program
Greater Milwaukee FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $113,710 · through 2024Largest: $29,882 to CREAM CITY FOUNDATION INC — the lgbtq+ scholarship program
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $384,000 · through 2022Largest: $8,000 to Justice Cream Collective — for general operating support for justice cream, including support for political and education programming around racial capitalism and systems of oppression in aapi and other bipo…
National Council for CommunityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $80,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to A & M ICE CREAM INC — covid-19 assistance
Lee InitiativeLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $73,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to ELISE ORGANIC ICE CREAM — racial justice srrj
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $220,000 · through 2024Largest: $70,000 to JUSTICE CREAM SHOPPE INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Cream City FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $41,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE — cream city foundation lgbtq+ scholarship
Developmental PathwaysAurora, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $89,000 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to MISSION PURSUIT LLC DBA HOWDY HOMEMADE ICE CREAM — howdy homemade ice cream catering
Largest: $25,000 to Justice Cream Shoppe Inc — to support justice cream's consulting, feasibility study towards their brick and mortar, and bookkeeping and accounting services.
Crossroads FundChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $126,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to JUSTICE CREAM — general operations
Retail Advancement FundRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $44,366 · through 2024Largest: $24,981 to SPOTTY DOG ICE CREAM — to purchase assets
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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 →