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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 “equiptment”
Where the money went
Largest: $7,000 to ELKS LITTLE LEAGUE — registrations and equiptment
Largest: $60,450 to MERCER COUNTY FAMILY YMCA — grant to support continuing the dream & new recreation equipt
Friends of the Hastings PerformingHastings, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $197,228 · through 2023Largest: $113,947 to HASTINGS AREA SCHOOL SYSTEM — fac & equipt costs
Largest: $18,479 to BLOSSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — new books,music equipt,
Largest: $15,250 to BLUE MOUNTAINS PROJECTS INC — teen programs and equiptment upgrade
Largest: $50,000 to MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY — purchase speech therapy equiptment
Greater Poweshiek Community FoundationGrinnell, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $16,593 · through 2022Largest: $10,054 to East Poweshiek County Ambulances Serivce — operations & equiptment
Largest: $190,000 to UNC — gifted equiptment
Largest: $30,000 to EQUIPT INC (OAKS COMMUNITY CHURCH) — program support
Jewish Federation of ClevelandCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $27,971 · through 2024Largest: $27,971 to MESIVTA OF CLEVELAND — general support, classroom equiptment
Ucare MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to ACCESSABILITY BUSINESS SERVICES — employee/client wellness program--purchase of adaptive workout equiptment and nutrition course.
Largest: $10,000 to BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — developmental play and supportive equiptment
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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 →