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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 “deferred”
Where the money went
North Carolina Alliance of YmcasRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $11.7M · through 2025Largest: $1.3M to YMCA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE — deferred maintenance projects
Lutheran Legacy FoundationParis, ILCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $130,000 · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to NORTHWESTERN LUTHERAN SCHOOOL ASSOC — deferred gift progra
Largest: $700,000 to MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK — core support to organize efforts on the implementation for the deferred action labor enforcement (dale) and expanded temporary protected status (tps)
Largest: $30,000 to TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — tcf hunger free oklahoma executive staff retention and deferred compensation fund
Hastings Community FoundationHastings, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $607,220 · through 2024Largest: $385,900 to HASTINGS COLLEGE FOUNDATION — general operations deferred maintenance, scholarships
Largest: $8,911 to PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL INC — aid in deferring costs
Largest: $170,000 to Fellowship Prog Grants Appr Prior F — the fellowship program is intended to support highly talented graduate students in new england and california whose studies are directed toward improving environmental issues. awar…
Largest: $125,000 to SALVATION ARMY — funds donated will help cover the costs of running the adult rehabilitation center to provide housing, work and therapy to individuals that have lost the ability to cope with their…
Largest: $100,000 to LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST — provide legal services to immigrant communities throughout oregon with a focus on deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program
Largest: $300,000 to LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE — deferred maintenance: roofing & hvac projects
Largest: $75,000 to FINANCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER PROJECT — supporting renter stability to aid community health in california: to work with local california partners to track and challenge evictions, rent increases and deferred maintenance …
Largest: $98,805 to BOOTHBAY RAILWAY VILLAGE MUSEUM — deferred maintenance
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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 →