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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.

5 funders with a record of paying for “exhibtions”

Where the money went

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Hough Family Foundation Inc → Sin Barcos Inc: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025John Steele Zink Foundation → Tulsa Zoo Management Inc: $315K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc → Whitney Museum of American Art: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Scottsdale Arts → Kids in Focus: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation → Fuller Craft Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hough Family Foundation Inc: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Hough Family Foundation Inc$1.6MJohn Steele Zink Foundation: $315K on this topic. Open the funder.John Steele Zink Foundation$315KThe Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Harkness Foundation for D…$10KScottsdale Arts: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.Scottsdale Arts$9KGerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foun…$1KSin Barcos Inc: received $1.6M on this topicSin Barcos Inc$1.6MTulsa Zoo Management Inc: received $315K on this topicTulsa Zoo Management Inc$315KWhitney Museum of American Art: received $10K on this topicWhitney Museum of American Art$10KKids in Focus: received $9K on this topicKids in Focus$9KFuller Craft Museum: received $1K on this topicFuller Craft Museum$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →