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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 “cultrual”
Where the money went
Largest: $12,500 to MAUI NUI MAKAI NETWORK — to preserve and celebrate the cultrual heritage and aloha spirit of hawai'i.
Largest: $5,000 to ART CENTER EAST — cultrual support
Lift for Life FoundationSaint Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $2.9M · through 2022Largest: $2.9M to LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC — to support, carry out the purposes of, and benefit lift for lifeacademy, inc., which will include the promotion of civic improvementand preservation of the cultrual educational her…
Largest: $4,000 to AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTRUAL FOUNDATION — for the charitable purpose of org.
Foundation for the CarolinasCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $138,037 · through 2023Largest: $138,037 to GREATER CHARLOTTE CULTRUAL TRUST — charitable gift
Largest: $12,540 to OO-OO-NAH ART CULTRUAL CENTER — our horno project
Largest: $11,656 to VARIOUS COLORADO HIGH SCHOOLS — german cultrual events
Largest: $15,000 to KALAMAZOO CULTRUAL CENTER — epic center operating support
West Central InitiativeFergus Falls, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,300 · through 2022Largest: $9,300 to THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY PANTRY — cultrually specific food bags
Largest: $5,000 to HARRISBURG AREA RIVERBOAT SOCIETY — community and cultrual improvement
Largest: $4,480 to FRIENDS OF THE NRA — cultrual preservation
Largest: $5,000 to THE BAY PARK CONSERVANCY — supporting the goal of implementing a long-term master plan for 53-acres of city-wned land along sarasota bay that will establish a cultrual and economic legacy for the region whil…
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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 →

