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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 “friday”
Where the money went
San Juan Island Community FoundationFriday Harbor, WACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $585,840 · through 2024Largest: $266,766 to ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF FRIDAY HARBOR — grants for program support and operations
Largest: $5,000 to LANCASTER SPCA — community conversation - may friday winner
Community Foundation of theFredericksburg, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $145,340 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to FRIDAY HARBOR FOOD BANK — new store interior
Largest: $10,000 to THE STORE — foundation friday grant - simmons bank golf tournament in nashville, tn
Largest: $100,000 to PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART — for art for all and free fridays
Largest: $250,686 to SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC — to support science friday, focusing on science and the arts, including radio broadcasts, digital science videos, blog posts, live events, and associated media
Largest: $350,000 to SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC — for general support
Largest: $60,000 to SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC — to support the organizations missing to covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, science friday is the source for entertaining and educational sto…
Largest: $50,000 to SCIENCE FRIDAY — 2022-2023 science friday initiative
Largest: $55,000 to BRENDEN'S FRIDAY BACKPACK PROGRAM INC — brenden's friday backpacks
Largest: $51,458 to FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB FOUNDATION — general operating
Largest: $50,000 to BENSON FIRST FRIDAY INC — 2024 operating grant
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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 →