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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 “fairground”

Where the money went

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Iowa State Fair Foundation → Iowa State Fair Authority: $13M across 4 grants, latest 2023Hutchinson Community Foundation → Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation: $6.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Bierman Family Foundation Inc → City of Merrill: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation → Ventura County Fairgrounds Foundation: $735K across 3 grants, latest 2024Friends of Josephine County Fairgrounds → Josephine County Fairgrounds: $260K across 4 grants, latest 2025Clark County Community Foundation Inc → Clark County Wisconsin: $185K across 3 grants, latest 2024Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas → Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2024Beach-Edwards Family Foundation → Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation: $64K across 4 grants, latest 2025Wilson County Promotions Inc → Fiddlers Grove Foundation: $52K across 4 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Humboldt County Agricultural Society: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023Giddens Family Foundation → Ozark Empire Fairgrounds Foundation: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation → Thomas County Ag Society: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Adair County Fair Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Giddens Family Foundation → Ozark Empire Fairgrounds Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation → Hooker County Comm Found: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Eddyville Community Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation → Logan County Agricultural Soc: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022Iowa State Fair Foundation: $13M on this topic. Open the funder.Iowa State Fair Foundation$13MHutchinson Community Foundation: $6.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Hutchinson Community Foundati…$6.1MBierman Family Foundation Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Bierman Family Foundation Inc$1.1MThe Wood-Claeyssens Foundation: $735K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation$735KFriends of Josephine County Fairgrounds: $260K on this topic. Open the funder.Friends of Josephine County F…$260KClark County Community Foundation Inc: $185K on this topic. Open the funder.Clark County Community Founda…$185KCommunity Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $85K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Fdn of Greater Des…$85KBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas: $65K on this topic. Open the funder.Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…$65KBeach-Edwards Family Foundation: $64K on this topic. Open the funder.Beach-Edwards Family Foundati…$64KWilson County Promotions Inc: $52K on this topic. Open the funder.Wilson County Promotions Inc$52KMid-Nebraska Community Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.Mid-Nebraska Community Founda…$43KGiddens Family Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Giddens Family Foundation$40KIowa State Fair Authority: received $13M on this topicIowa State Fair Authority$13MKansas Fairgrounds Foundation: received $6.2M on this topicKansas Fairgrounds Foundation$6.2MCity of Merrill: received $1.1M on this topicCity of Merrill$1.1MVentura County Fairgrounds Foundation: received $735K on this topicVentura County Fairgrounds Foun…$735KJosephine County Fairgrounds: received $260K on this topicJosephine County Fairgrounds$260KClark County Wisconsin: received $185K on this topicClark County Wisconsin$185KKansas Fairgrounds Foundation: received $65K on this topicKansas Fairgrounds Foundation$65KFiddlers Grove Foundation: received $52K on this topicFiddlers Grove Foundation$52KHumboldt County Agricultural Society: received $50K on this topicHumboldt County Agricultural So…$50KOzark Empire Fairgrounds Foundation: received $30K on this topicOzark Empire Fairgrounds Founda…$30KThomas County Ag Society: received $25K on this topicThomas County Ag Society$25KAdair County Fair Foundation: received $20K on this topicAdair County Fair Foundation$20KEddyville Community Foundation: received $15K on this topicEddyville Community Foundation$15KOzark Empire Fairgrounds Foundation: received $10K on this topicOzark Empire Fairgrounds Founda…$10KHooker County Comm Found: received $10K on this topicHooker County Comm Found$10KLogan County Agricultural Soc: received $9K on this topicLogan County Agricultural Soc$9K
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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 →