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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 “digs”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,500 to DIG BUWALA ORPHANAGE — to extend financial aid or assistanc
Largest: $1.5M to The Park People — denver digs trees, incentive matching fund & emergency rescue grant
ReverbPortland, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $103,000 · through 2024Largest: $33,000 to DIG DEEP RIGHT TO WATER FIND (NAVAJO) — dig deep right to water fund (navajo nation)
Living Water ProjectBrentwood, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $267,904 · through 2024Largest: $116,600 to Final Command Ministries — to dig 29 clean water wells in mali, cameroon and nigeria to provide water access to approximately 8700 people
Community Giving FoundationBerwick, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $91,950 · through 2025Largest: $35,500 to DIG FURNITURE BANK — health & human services
The Community FoundationAsheville, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $107,400 · through 2024Largest: $33,400 to DIG IN YANCEY COMMUNITY GARDEN — assisting people in need
Largest: $11,000 to DIG DEEP RIGHT TO WATER — to support organization and its purpose
First Community Foundation PartnershipWilliamsport, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $49,030 · through 2025Largest: $22,500 to DIG FURNITURE BANK — dei strategic implementation for staff and volunteers
Largest: $50,000 to DIG IN YANCEY COMMUNITY GARDEN — this project supports dig in to grow the resiliency of yancey county's community with access to local, fresh food, for various people, including low-income elderly, families with c…
Largest: $150,000 to DIG DEEP INC — used consistent w/ 501(c)(3) status
Largest: $15,000 to Dig Deep — navajo water project
Largest: $70,000 to DIG DEEP — program support
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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 →