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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 “fresh”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to FRESH FOOD CONNECT — improve access to fresh, healthy food for vulnerable populations
Foundation for California CommunitySacramento, CACharity · may take applications
88 matching grants · $11.2M · through 2024Largest: $621,329 to GLENDALE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — fresh success: grant
Largest: $246,748 to THE BLOC — fresh produce, personal care, winter wear
Largest: $175,000 to FARM TO TABLE BUY LOCAL — to support fresh, healthy and local food in the pittsburgh region
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $25.7M · through 2023Largest: $27,500 to B U I L D INCORPORATED — for programming to build community cohesion through the chicago fund for safe and peaceful communities. grant made via fiscal sponsor, neighborspace., for programming to build comm…
The Food TrustPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to WHOLE FOOD COOPERATIVE — to support grocery store expansion in providing fresh foods to local community
Largest: $1.4M to Fresh Energy — to move minnesota and the midwest toward dramatic near-term reductions in carbon pollution through equity-centered policy work, partnerships, and innovation
Largest: $75,000 to FRESH TRUCK — fresh truck operating: increasing local, healthy food access
Largest: $44,610 to WOMENCARE DBA FAMILYCARE HEALTH CENTERS — implement the prescribing better health produce prescription program to provide patients who are diagnosed with chronic diseases and/or experiencing food insecurity with a $50 mont…
Largest: $31,000 to SEED TO TABLE OREGON — seed to table - admin grant; fresh food for all project
Fair Food NetworkDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $540,680 · through 2024Largest: $62,871 to IMPERIAL FRESH MARKET SCHAEFER — fund double up food bucks-stores & mkts
Largest: $145,000 to CULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA — get fresh daily's freedom greens and gardens initiative
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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 →