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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 “culinary”
Where the money went
Largest: $27,500 to THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA — to provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
The Emeril Lagasse FoundationNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $213,490 to NEW ORLEANS CULINARY & HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE — culinary and nutrition education
Largest: $131,814 to INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF NEARWEST CHICAGO (ICNC) — to promote, encourage, and support the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination through all forms of the arts, including literature, performing arts, visua…
Journey for Good FoundationBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $635,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — to support the culinary training workforce development program which provides culinary training and job placement opportunities
Largest: $75,000 to HOT BREAD KITCHEN — culinary career pathways for new new yorkers
Largest: $12,500 to CULINARY HISTORIANS OF NEW YORK — in support of the chny's scholar's grant program & first cookbook that incorporates culinary culture and history
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
14 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to FATHERS OF ST EDMUND SOUTHERN MISSIONS INC — to provide 410 under-served youth and young adults in selma, alabama with academic support and career planning through the academy and begin vocational training through the new hil…
Largest: $24,000 to CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM INC — general & unrestricted
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2023Largest: $33,000 to National Louis University — general operating support, support for kendall college culinary arts scholarship, support for scholarships, general operating in support of the grow your own early childhood workfo…
Largest: $425,000 to EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION — support culinary schools education
Largest: $4,000 to TYLOR FLYNN CO CULINARY INSTITUTE O — scholarship for culinary school
Largest: $5,000 to CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA — student scholarship for culinary arts study
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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 →