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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 “flooding”
Women'S Business Development CouncilStamford, CTCharity · may take applications
267 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to NARDELLI'S SANDWICH SHOP PLUS LLC — decd flood grant
The Montpelier FoundationMontpelier, VTCharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $60,000 to HOOD & AYER LLP — flood recovery
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to HUMPHREYS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL — to support economic development study for humphreys county following the august 2021 flood.
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $175,000 to Disaster Services Corporation SVDP-USA — eky flood relief
Largest: $1.1M to World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan — project for nature-based flood management and freshwater ecosystem conservation in the ariake sea area of the kyushu region in japan
Montpelier Downtown Community AssocMontpelier, VTCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $551,469 · through 2024Largest: $27,572 to THREE PENNY TAPROOM — flood assistance and recovery
The Vermont Community FoundationMiddlebury, VTCharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $79,695 to PEACHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — flood relief for peacham residents whose homes or properties suffered significant damage as a result of the july 10th flood event. to be administered and distributed in strict conf…
Center for Disaster PhilanthropyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY — through funding from the cdp disaster recovery fund designated for eastern kentucky flooding, the foundation for appalachian kentucky spearheads the recovery efforts in communities…
Largest: $200,000 to AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION INC — reforming state and federal infrastructure funding to increase equity in flood resilience and improve access for under-resourced communities.
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $8.5M · through 2023Largest: $143,885 to HANALEI WATERSHED HUI — site flood assessment and flood mitigation design
The Rotary Foundation of RotaryEvanston, ILCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $622,660 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to ROTARY DISTRICT 5230 — disaster response-flood
Largest: $3,000 to ANNA VANBOCHOVE — flooding recovery assistance
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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 →