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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 “dickens”
Where the money went
Largest: $135,000 to Holly Dickens Festival — holly dickens festival
Largest: $4,000 to VERONICA E DICKENS — educational scholarship
Tsa-B Regional Advisory CouncilLubbock, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $38,357 · through 2023Largest: $13,155 to DICKENS CO EMS — preparedness, treatment & prevention of trauma
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to CITY OF DICKENS — dickens fire and rescue - bunker gear update
Largest: $10,000 to YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — 2:1 match of mr. dickens' $5,000 gift
Columbus FoundationColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $14,600 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to DICKENS VICTORIAN VILLAGE OF CAMBRIDGE INC — social services
Tioga County Tourist Promotion AgencyWellsboro, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $16,450 · through 2023Largest: $8,281 to WELLSBORO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — promote dickens festival to visitors
Community Foundation of West TexasLubbock, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $11,579 · through 2023Largest: $6,146 to DICKENS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION — repair movie screen, finish stage area restroom, repair and refit two existing green rooms
Largest: $2,500 to DICKENS VICTORIAN VILLAGE — program support
Largest: $25,000 to AANT (AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE) — to sponsor the production of london tide based on "our mutual friend" by charles dickens, adapted by ben power
Horizons FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2021Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL — albers-alexander scholarship recipient von dickens abero ulsa, id # 8085990870
Largest: $1,085 to DICKENS FIRE AND RESCUE — fire & emergency rescue 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 →