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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.
7 funders with a record of paying for “curtiss”
Where the money went
The Meade FoundationHammondsport, NY
3 matching grants · $545,000 · through 2024Largest: $185,000 to GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM — building fund & art wilder memorial restoration
Community Foundation of Elmira-CorningHorseheads, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,170 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM — general operatiing support and techology and software
Largest: $25,500 to GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM — museum building fund
Largest: $1,000 to NEWTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — matthew curtiss house
Largest: $12,000 to GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM OF LOCAL HISTORY INC — exhibition support
Largest: $5,000 to FLY-IN CRUISE-IN INC — support bringing in 1943 curtiss p-40 warhawk
Ad Henderson FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
1 matching grant · $1,000 · through 2021Largest: $1,000 to ALANA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — curtiss reed jr. honorarium - october 2021 board meeting guest
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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 →