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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 “cruiser”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,250 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - STEVENS POINT — cruiser's scholarship recipient - melanie berge
Largest: $5,000 to THE RECING CREW — the cruisers program
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $231,600 · through 2023Largest: $186,300 to HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — to create 5 family place libraries and pay for books and materials for curiosity cruiser mobile libraries
Vt Association of Snow TravelersBarre, VTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $35,423 · through 2023Largest: $22,381 to LYNDON SNO CRUISERS — trail maintenance
Boone Memorial HospitalMadison, WVCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,502 · through 2024Largest: $11,251 to Boone County Sheriff's Department — aed's for all cruisers
Largest: $12,500 to CRUISER'S LEGACY ANIMAL RESCUE — animal welfare
Chadwick FoundationSoda Springs, ID
2 matching grants · $4,000 · through 2023Largest: $2,000 to MAIN STREET CRUISERS — organizations charitable purposes
Largest: $30,000 to The Food Basket Inc — community cruiser: enhancing food access and local food production
Largest: $29,040 to CITY OF CUMBERLAND KENTUCKY (#2) — partial funding for police cruiser.
The Fay SchoolSouthborough, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to TOWN OF SOUTHBOROUGH — purchase of a police cruiser
Allen-Chase FoundationDeerfield, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,000 · through 2023Largest: $12,000 to TOWN OF DEERFIELD — police cruiser
Largest: $6,434 to Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled — contribution provided
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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 →