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12 funders with a record of paying for “fete”
Where the money went
Baton Rouge Area FoundationBaton Rouge, LACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $879,704 · through 2024Largest: $113,500 to BREADA - BIG RIVER ECONOMIC & AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE — general support, support farm fete, support staff development, support the red stick farmer's market
Largest: $91,500 to Arts New Orleans — support of luna fete event
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $255,500 · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to Pioneer Works Art Foundation — $50,000: support for capital campaign; $50,000: support for village fete (no tickets or tangible benefits); $100,000: general operating support
Largest: $1.5M to PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY — restore breakers' terrace, le fete du jardin event, map stone walls. unrestricted
Largest: $100,000 to PIONEER WORKS — gift to support the village fete benefitting pioneer works event
Largest: $100,000 to PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION — midsummer benefit and village fete
The Society of the Cincinnati in theExeter, NHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $23,525 · through 2024Largest: $23,525 to THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI — fete lafayette exhibit & triennial assessment
Largest: $15,000 to CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY — event support for fortune's fete
Largest: $10,000 to KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC — to support the sponsorship of the fall fete event for kennedy krieger institute.
Largest: $10,000 to 360 DETROIT INC — 10th anniversary charity fete
Largest: $10,000 to Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust — june fete fairground land
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to GREAT CIRCLE — sponsorship gift for 2022 fall fete
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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 →