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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 “fairy”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $630,590 · through 2023Largest: $564,040 to Paso del Norte Community Foundation — support for james drake collaborative project - ?can we know?, support of james drake collaborative - houston marketing event - distribution per miles fairis, support for james dra…
Largest: $77,185 to BOOK FAIRIES INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $16,500 to FAIRY BAPTIST CHURCH — youth activities & mininstry
Largest: $75,000 to THE BLACK FAIRY GODMOTHER FOUNDATION CO SIMONE GORDON — to fund the recipient's operating budget
Largest: $50,000 to KANSAS CITY BALLET — event support for the sugar plum fairy children's ball
Community Foundation of theFredericksburg, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $89,000 · through 2024Largest: $70,500 to FAIRY GODMOTHER PROJECT — human service
Largest: $40,000 to THE BOOK FAIRIES INC — general charity
Largest: $72,250 to THE TOOTH FAIRY INC — foster and impoverished cildren
Coastal EnterprisesBrunswick, MECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $187,500 · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to FAIRY FOREST LLC — child care infrastructure grant program
Largest: $3,000 to BOOK FAIRIES — 2023 general operating funds
Largest: $35,000 to NOMADIC FAIRY INC — for production of the red thread, a documentary film series that traces the political activism of women in the caribbean, particularly in the southern antilles during the 1970s and…
Largest: $50,000 to BOOK FAIRIES — general operating support
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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 →