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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.
8 funders with a record of paying for “fireplace”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $57,800 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to Oceti Wakan-Sacred Fireplace — support for: - developing a video to introduce the program curriculum to participants - developing videos that go into detail on the workbook curriculum life skills for the young n…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to OCETI WAKAN - SACRED FIREPLACE — provide general operating support to help the organization advance their mission to preserve lakota culture, language and the healing of its people
Largest: $25,000 to OCETI WAKAN SACRED FIREPLACE — project title: wolakota - life skills for teens
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to OCETI WAKAN-SACRED FIREPLACE — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $200,000 to BEAVER DAM AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — new reading room with fireplace at library
Largest: $55,000 to Kendallville Parks & Recreation — skate park & outdoor fireplace
Human Rights CampaignWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,092 · through 2021Largest: $11,092 to THE FIREPLACE RESTAURANT INC DBA THE FIREPLACE — lgbtq+ covid-19 disaster relief to alleviate economic hardship
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to OCETI WAKAN-SACRED FIREPLACE — arts and culture
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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 →