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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 “folders”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,331 to WS NEAL HIGH SCHOOL — education (student handbook folders)
Largest: $6,371 to NEW RICHMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT — sensasoft rainbow playset/floor mat, early language folder games, wooden counting peg board, guided reading, wiki sticks, books
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $4,154 · through 2024Largest: $2,257 to Hart County Historical Society — archival storage items requested including envelopes and folders
BoutikiPearl Harbor, HICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $3,928 · through 2022Largest: $2,000 to MOKULELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — student planners, and folders(500)
Largest: $21,341 to Edgemere Chapel — chapel fund choir cabinets folders
The Sandy Springs SocietySandy Springs, GACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,500 · through 2024Largest: $11,500 to RIVERWOOD ICS BAND — music folder and instrument supply
Vesper SocietySan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FIRST 5 HUMBOLDT — red folder project
Greater Kitsap Chamber of CommerceSilverdale, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,158 · through 2024Largest: $9,158 to CERTIFIED FOLDER DISPLAY — assisting small businesses in the greater kitsap area
Largest: $250,000 to CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND — underwrite the cost of renovating space at 2045 gilbert avenue to create a classification folder production line
Largest: $3,350 to COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS THROUGH MUSIC FUND A COMPONENT FUND OF THE COMMUNITY — 2023-24 music & folders
Largest: $2,000 to Mabel Historical Preservation — purchase archival boxes, folders, file cabinets, laptop and software for organizing historical documents
Largest: $2,000 to Douglas County High School — choral folio cabinet for music folders
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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 →