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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 “fairgrounds”
Where the money went
Largest: $19,500 to Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation — support for aed devices for the kansas state fairgrounds
Iowa State Fair FoundationDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $13.4M · through 2023Largest: $3.5M to Iowa State Fair Authority — cost of capital improvements to the iowa state fairgrounds. during this fiscal year the funds were spent on ***
Friends of Josephine County FairgroundsGrants Pass, ORCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $259,792 · through 2025Largest: $90,533 to Josephine County Fairgrounds — various capital projects & improv.
Hutchinson Community FoundationHutchinson, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.8M to KANSAS FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION — community development
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to HUMBOLDT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY — fairgrounds electrical, lighting, sound, drainage, horse arena project
Largest: $25,000 to KANSAS FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION — capital improvements
Largest: $650,000 to CITY OF MERRILL — county fairgrounds updates
Largest: $435,000 to VENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION — livestock operating support
Largest: $10,000 to OZARK EMPIRE FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION — unrestricted gift
Wilson County PromotionsLebanon, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $52,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,750 to FIDDLERS GROVE FOUNDATION — maintain fairground
Clark County Community FoundationLoyal, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $184,865 · through 2024Largest: $16,531 to Clark County Wisconsin — the foundation had entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement with clark county wi - forestry and parks department to act as the fiscal sponsor for the "clark county fairgrounds r…
Mid-Nebraska Community FoundationNorth Platte, NECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $43,100 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to THOMAS COUNTY AG SOCIETY — fairground improve
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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 →