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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 “fantastic”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to SPECIAL LOVE — camp fantastic
Nextgen Aaa FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $153,960 · through 2023Largest: $114,000 to XHOCKEY ACADEMY CO FANTASTIC SPORTS LLC — to impact young lives positively by immersing them into a comprehensive developmental program designed around the sport of hockey. with the emphasis placed on the importance of pra…
Care Camps FoundationBillings, MTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $39,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,500 to Camp Fantastic — grant to provide assistance for children with cancer to go to camp
Largest: $3,500 to SPECIAL LOVE INC — support another incredible week of summer camp at camp fantastic
Largest: $2,649 to FANTASTIC FRIENDS — 50/50 charitable proceeds
Largest: $137,500 to DiscoverU — discoveru fantastic learning opportunities program
Largest: $50,000 to REMEMORY LTD — for public outreach and education around "in the black fantastic", a documentary film exploring how speculative fictions in black art and culture are challenging existing mainstrea…
The Children'S Guild FoundationBuffalo, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,984 · through 2022Largest: $9,984 to Fantastic Friends of WNY Inc — fantastic foodies program
Franklin Family FoundationVirginia Beach, VA
2 matching grants · $2,000 · through 2023Largest: $1,000 to TOBY'S DREAM FOUNDATION — to provide children living with life-threatening illnesses of virginia's eastern shore and in the greater hampton roads region the opportunity and resources to imagine and experien…
IndiespaceAstoria, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,100 · through 2023Largest: $20,100 to THE FANTASTIC EXPERIMENTAL LATINO THEATER INC — theatre & dance venue grants
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to Native American Journalists Association — in support of screening series for the documentaries bad press, king coal, joonam, and fantastic machine
Enterprise Center of Johnson CountyOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to FANTASTIC MEMORIES TRAVEL LLC — pandemic recovery
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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 →