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12 funders with a record of paying for “curtain”

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River City Foundation → Grand Rapids Civic Theater: $213K across 3 grants, latest 2023Curtis W Mcgraw Foundation → Blue Curtain A New Jersey Non-Profit: $210K across 4 grants, latest 2025Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation → Strand Theatre Preservation Society: $92K across 2 grants, latest 2025Community Foundation of Snohomish County → Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Arts Council Inc → Royal Curtain Drama Guild Inc: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023Crawley Family Foundation → Dallas Children's Theater: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Williams Brice Edwards Charitable Trust → Sumter Little Theatre: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023Bennack Polan Foundation → Curtain Up Cancer Foundation: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2024Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc → Operation Open Curtain - Gemilas Chesed for Russian Jews: $37K across 3 grants, latest 2023Community Foundation of Howard County → Curtain Call Inc: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024Mdbc Foundation Inc → Operation Open Curtain: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Green Bay Packers Foundation → Madison Ballet Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Williams Brice Edwards Charitable Trust → Indian Waters Council Endowment: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of Snohomish County → Red Curtain Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Green Bay Packers Foundation → Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024Green Bay Packers Foundation → St Croix Festival Theatre: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024River City Foundation: $213K on this topic. Open the funder.River City Foundation$213KCurtis W Mcgraw Foundation: $210K on this topic. Open the funder.Curtis W Mcgraw Foundation$210KCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Snoho…$100KKarl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation: $92K on this topic. Open the funder.Karl and Mildred Niekamp Char…$92KThe Williams Brice Edwards Charitable Trust: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.The Williams Brice Edwards Ch…$75KThe Arts Council Inc: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.The Arts Council Inc$70KCrawley Family Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Crawley Family Foundation$50KBennack Polan Foundation: $46K on this topic. Open the funder.Bennack Polan Foundation$46KTidewater Jewish Foundation Inc: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.Tidewater Jewish Foundation I…$37KCommunity Foundation of Howard County: $36K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Howar…$36KMdbc Foundation Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Mdbc Foundation Inc$30KGreen Bay Packers Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Green Bay Packers Foundation$12KGrand Rapids Civic Theater: received $213K on this topicGrand Rapids Civic Theater$213KBlue Curtain A New Jersey Non-Profit: received $210K on this topicBlue Curtain A New Jersey Non-P…$210KStrand Theatre Preservation Society: received $92K on this topicStrand Theatre Preservation Soc…$92KRed Curtain Foundation for the Arts: received $75K on this topicRed Curtain Foundation for the…$75KRoyal Curtain Drama Guild Inc: received $70K on this topicRoyal Curtain Drama Guild Inc$70KDallas Children's Theater: received $50K on this topicDallas Children's Theater$50KSumter Little Theatre: received $50K on this topicSumter Little Theatre$50KCurtain Up Cancer Foundation: received $46K on this topicCurtain Up Cancer Foundation$46KOperation Open Curtain - Gemilas Chesed for Russian Jews: received $37K on this topicOperation Open Curtain - Gemila…$37KCurtain Call Inc: received $36K on this topicCurtain Call Inc$36KOperation Open Curtain: received $30K on this topicOperation Open Curtain$30KIndian Waters Council Endowment: received $25K on this topicIndian Waters Council Endowment$25KRed Curtain Foundation: received $25K on this topicRed Curtain Foundation$25KMadison Ballet Inc: received $5K on this topicMadison Ballet Inc$5KAshwaubenon Performing Arts Center: received $4K on this topicAshwaubenon Performing Arts Cen…$4KSt Croix Festival Theatre: received $3K on this topicSt Croix Festival Theatre$3K
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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 →