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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 “gard”
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The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $386,000 · through 2022Largest: $149,500 to Ringling College of Art and Design — endowed scholarship support. support for sarasota art museum exhibit: a beautiful mess: weavers and knotters of the vanguard. support for sarasota art museum's art bash - appreciat…
Largest: $200,000 to JB SPEED ART MUSEUM — core support for louisvilles black avant-garde," exhibitions, online educational resources, and programming, revealing the histories of the southeasts black avant-garde and louisvi…
Largest: $56,680 to RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC — signature building/avant garde student scholarship fund
Largest: $7,000 to GARDE ARTS CENTER — back stage expansion - garde theater deficiency remediation project
Largest: $70,000 to GARDE ARTS CENTER INC — general operating
Largest: $15,000 to EN GARDE ARTS INC — to go towards the fund created by en garde arts to honor joan fireston.
Largest: $10,000 to THE BERNER-GARDE FOUNDATION — general & unrestricted
Largest: $3,500 to GARDE ARTS CENTER INC — garde theater sound system enhancement
Largest: $60,000 to DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARD — general support contribution
Largest: $50,000 to EN GARDE ARTS INC — foundation two year grant - general operating
Largest: $4,000 to MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDE — general operating support to promote charitable purpose.
Largest: $45,000 to EN GARDE ARTS INC — general operating support for theatrical productions and activities
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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 →