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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
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12 funders with a record of paying for “cutural”
Where the money went American Indian Youth Running Strong Inc → Brave Heart Society: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The American Ireland Fund (Dba the → Irish Arts Center: $257K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Peace Development Fund → Sacred Bundle Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ll Foundation for Youth → Japanese American Cutural & Community Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Scrooby Foundation → Ocean Reef Cuture Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Market Lubbock Economic Development → Mvsc Property Management: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Association of Charles Evans Housing Foundation → Apex Art Cutural Program Inc: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Penn Center Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arkwright Foundation → Chapman Cutural Center: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc → Maryland Center for History and Cuture: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Clayman Foundation → Philadelphia Music Alliance: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Fruehauf Foundation → Bikehouston: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The American Ireland Fund (Dba the → Irish Repertory Theatre: $155K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Indian Youth Running Strong Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. American Indian Youth Running… $1.1M The American Ireland Fund (Dba the: $412K on this topic. Open the funder. The American Ireland Fund (Db… $412K Peace Development Fund: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Peace Development Fund $100K Ll Foundation for Youth: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Ll Foundation for Youth $50K The Scrooby Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. The Scrooby Foundation $50K Market Lubbock Economic Development: $42K on this topic. Open the funder. Market Lubbock Economic Devel… $42K Association of Charles Evans Housing Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Association of Charles Evans… $38K Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Dominion Energy Charitable Fo… $35K Arkwright Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Arkwright Foundation $20K Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Brown Advisory Charitable Fou… $20K The Clayman Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. The Clayman Foundation $18K The Fruehauf Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. The Fruehauf Foundation $2K Brave Heart Society: received $1.1M on this topic Brave Heart Society $1.1M Irish Arts Center: received $257K on this topic Irish Arts Center $257K Irish Repertory Theatre: received $155K on this topic Irish Repertory Theatre $155K Sacred Bundle Inc: received $100K on this topic Sacred Bundle Inc $100K Japanese American Cutural & Community Center: received $50K on this topic Japanese American Cutural & Com… $50K Ocean Reef Cuture Center: received $50K on this topic Ocean Reef Cuture Center $50K Mvsc Property Management: received $42K on this topic Mvsc Property Management $42K Apex Art Cutural Program Inc: received $38K on this topic Apex Art Cutural Program Inc $38K Penn Center Inc: received $35K on this topic Penn Center Inc $35K Chapman Cutural Center: received $20K on this topic Chapman Cutural Center $20K Maryland Center for History and Cuture: received $20K on this topic Maryland Center for History and… $20K Philadelphia Music Alliance: received $18K on this topic Philadelphia Music Alliance $18K Bikehouston: received $2K on this topic Bikehouston $2K 12 funders, 13 recipients, grants matching “cutural” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $5,000 to CHAPMAN CUTURAL CENTER — general operating support
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Largest: $591,300 to BRAVE HEART SOCIETY — cutural support
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Largest: $257,000 to IRISH ARTS CENTER — arts & cuture
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Largest: $25,000 to OCEAN REEF CUTURE CENTER — general operating
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Largest: $25,000 to APEX ART CUTURAL PROGRAM INC — charitable giving
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Largest: $50,000 to JAPANESE AMERICAN CUTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER — charitable contributions
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Largest: $1,334 to BIKEHOUSTON — arts, cuture and humanities operating support
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Largest: $100,000 to Sacred Bundle Inc — cutural activism
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Largest: $35,000 to PENN CENTER INC — p.a.c.e program for academics and cutural enrichment summer initative
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Largest: $20,000 to MARYLAND CENTER FOR HISTORY AND CUTURE — program support
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Largest: $41,792 to MVSC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — to assist with the development of a cutural arts foundation to promote lubbock arts and artists in texas and across the country.
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Largest: $18,000 to PHILADELPHIA MUSIC ALLIANCE — entertainment and cutural services
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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 →