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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 “dirt”
Where the money went
Allegheny County Conservation DistrictPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $518,738 · through 2024Largest: $142,940 to Borough of Bradford Woods — dirt, gravel and low volumne
Largest: $137,500 to DIRT PALACE PUBLIC PROJECTS — warhol re-granting initiative
Largest: $100,000 to ROOTS COLORADO DBA DIRT COFFEEHOUSE — workforce development center
Largest: $7,010 to LAKE CITY DIRT — general operating funds
Sixteen Thirty FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $108,000 · through 2024Largest: $53,000 to DIRT ROAD ORGANIZING — civil rights, social action, advocacy
Largest: $50,000 to 4DASOIL COLLECTIVE — to support the black dirt farm collective's programming in prince george's county
Largest: $36,000 to DIRT COFFEE BAR — coffee roaster acquisition
Largest: $20,000 to HIGH FIVES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION — return to dirt fund
ImpactassetsincBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $700,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR IDEAS EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FBO BLACK DIRT FARM COLLE — black dirt farm collective
North FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $780,000 · through 2024Largest: $530,000 to DIRT ROAD ORGANIZING — civil rights, social action, advocacy
Developmental PathwaysAurora, COCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $44,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to ROOTS COLORADO DBA DIRT COFFEE — dirt coffee program support
The Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $221,250 · through 2024Largest: $111,250 to ROOTS COLORADO - DIRT COFFEE BAR — vocational rehabilitation
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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 →