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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 “curb”
Where the money went
Largest: $575,000 to NORWICH BUILDING TOMORROW FOUNDATION — curb appeal program
Largest: $150,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — for the californians united for a responsible budget (curb)
Nashville Symphony AssociationNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $120,205 · through 2024Largest: $30,205 to BLAIR SCHOOL OF MUSIC - VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — to sponsor the curb youth symphony
The Alluvial CollectiveJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2021Largest: $5,000 to CO DESIGN LLC — to fund projects of rethink mississippi fellowship related to curbing the outward migration of talented young mississippians.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2022Largest: $700,200 to Natural Resources Defense Council Inc — general operating support, support for climate change mitigation, action fund, general operating support., support for legislation and legal services supporting the environment, su…
Largest: $27,000 to OCEANA INC — curbing ocean plastics efforts
Largest: $133,334 to GLOBAL WITNESS — support for advocacy and campaign activities to curb the financing of the companies and projects driving forest destruction in congo basin.
Largest: $30,000 to NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — curbing global warming, reviving the world's oceans, preventing pollution
Largest: $20,000 to OCEAN CONSERVANCY — curbing global shipping and port emissions
Wisconsin Credit Union FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to VERVE A CREDIT UNION — for fraud squad, a partnership with local law enforcement and creative partners to curb the effects fraud and scams have in communities
Largest: $175,000 to The Henry L Stimson Center — to curb illegal fishing and forced labor at sea through import control rules in major seafood market countries.
Largest: $5,000 to CURB Social and Environmental Entre — mission purpose
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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 →