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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “drummer”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $41,000 · through 2023Largest: $7,500 to The Original Sixty Fourth Street Beach Drummers Inc — to provide programming to build community cohesion through the chicago fund for safe and peaceful communities.
United Arts Council of Raleigh andRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $85,746 · through 2023Largest: $38,315 to NUMBER DRUMMER INC — youth arts programmi
Hillsborough County School ReadinessTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $95,596 · through 2023Largest: $60,207 to DRUMMER MAGGIE L — american rescue plan act grant
Largest: $3,000 to ROB THE DRUMMER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INC — music program
Arts Sciences & Cultural CouncilCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $46,690 · through 2024Largest: $46,690 to NUMBER DRUMMER INC — school funding investment
Largest: $100,000 to MAX ROACH FILM LLC — for production of the documentary film, max roach: the drum also waltzes that explores the extraordinary life and career of the legendary drummer, composer and social activist
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingHartford, CTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to COMPANY OF FIFERS AND DRUMMERS INC — general operating support
Bbx Capital FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to SUNSERVE — lgbtq - different drummer program
Largest: $4,000 to DRUMMER BOY CIVIL WAR MUSEUM — southern cultural heritage
Largest: $3,000 to ROB THE DRUMMER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INC — sponsor of motivational, educational, and interactive performance on may 7, 2025
Largest: $1,000 to BRIAN RUSSEL COLLINS (RAISED FUNDS FOR BENEFIT CONCERT) — lisa stophel benefit concert for performer dillon carmichael's drummer's sister. agamerica partnered with dillon on mission to celebrating the american farmer
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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 →