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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 “empty”
Where the money went
Largest: $275,000 to NO MORE EMPTY POTS — pathways to prosperity
Largest: $150,000 to PROJECT FOR EMPTY SPACE — program support (over 2 years)
Largest: $300,000 to NO MORE EMPTY POTS — general operating
United Way of the MidlandsOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $380,000 · through 2024Largest: $191,250 to NO MORE EMPTY POTS — arpa allocations/community impact fund allocations
Largest: $20,000 to HERITAGE MINISTRIES INC (#2) — contribution to 2023 tri-city empty stocking fund for economically disadvantaged persons.contribution to 2023 tri-city empty stocking fund for disadvantaged persons.
Largest: $25,000 to FEEDING EMPTY LITTLE TUMMIES INC — program/operating support
Largest: $3,000 to SALVATION ARMY EMPTY STOCKING FUND — fund empty stocking fund to supply christmas gifts to needy families
Thdf Ii Inc DbaAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $497,500 · through 2024Largest: $182,500 to The Empty Stocking Fund — to assist local charities
United Way of Bergen CountyParamus, NJCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $48,417 · through 2024Largest: $14,780 to THE EMPTY STOCKING FUND INC — donor designation
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $47,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to UNITED WAY OF ST JOHNS COUNTY INC — to support the empty stocking fund
Largest: $100,000 to NO MORE EMPTY POTS — youth community education programming
Largest: $100,000 to BISSELL Pet Foundation — to support the empty the shelters program
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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 →