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12 funders with a record of paying for “cultue”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to ARMENIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND CULTU — program/operating support
Largest: $150,000 to CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DACTIONS SUR LES DROITS ECONOMIQUES SOCIAUX ET CULTU — to conduct a project to protect community rights and strengthen the resilience of people affected by infrastructure and mining projects in the niayes area in senegal
Largest: $2,500 to LOUISIANA JUNTEENTH — to promote and celebrate black cultu
Largest: $80,000 to THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PUERTO RICAN ARTS AND CULTU — orchestra expenses
Connecticut Humanities CouncilMiddletown, CTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $14,300 · through 2022Largest: $8,000 to TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTU — ct cultural fund ope
American Historical AssociationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2022Largest: $75,000 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER HISTORY AND CULTU — sharp subgrant
National Film Preservation FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $19,290 · through 2023Largest: $19,290 to Center for Folklife and Cultu — film preservation
Justice OutsideOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to The Center of Southwest Cultu — general operating funds
Texas Women'S FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to Rosa es Rojo Inc — supervive comunidad: empowering hispanic women through cultu
Largest: $5,000 to THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING MUSEUM — the genesis of the national museum of puerto rican arts and cultu
Hung On Tong SocietySan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $5,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to NAM KUE SCHOOL — help the students to learn chinese cultu
Largest: $5,000 to Yeshiva Toras Moshe Yavozna of Monsey — jewish cultue education
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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 →