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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 “elves”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to JUDYS ELVES FOUNDATION — general & unrestricted
Largest: $20,000 to HO HO HO INC DBA SANTA'S HELPERS ANONYMOUS — elves helping families in need at christmas
Largest: $2,000 to MCKENZIE ELVE — scholarship albion college
Largest: $30,000 to JINGLED ELVES — donations to charities that support women and children in collier county
Community Foundation AllianceEvansville, INCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $32,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to SANTA'S ELVES AND SANTA CLAUS MUSEUM — to further the exempt purpose of the organization.
Largest: $5,000 to WELD ELVES — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to SANTAS ELVES — charitable event
Largest: $5,000 to SANTAS ELVES SLATEBELT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — general operations
Largest: $3,500 to ELVES & MORE — general operating
Largest: $40,500 to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — making cancer histoy, spring for life, santa's elves
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to SANTAS ELVES — community & human services
Bigfork Development CompanyBigfork, MTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to BIGFORK AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — provide funds for commercial-grade artificial garland in bigfork, mt to ensure continued success of bigfork elves decorating day.
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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 →