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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.
8 funders with a record of paying for “gasoline”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to INTERFAITH OF NATRONA COUNTY — provide identification, drivers licenses, utility, rental and prescription assistance, gasoline, bus tickets, birth certificates, clothing and food to persons and families living a…
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to New England Karting Challenge — the innovation for which we wish to seek range i grant funding is a fully electric powertrain for competition go-karts. through customer discovery, we have learned that prospective…
Arvest FoundationBentonville, AR
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Our Promise — to provide financial assistance to cancer patients during their time of need and assist with utility payments, gasoline and other expenses that are tough to meet when being treated…
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,500 · through 2023Largest: $7,500 to COOPERATIVE EMERGENCY OUTREACH - PO BOX 3631 FAYETTEVILLE AR 72702 — to provide assistance to families in need in the following areas: food, utilities, rent, prescriptions, gasoline, clothing, and other
Communitycare of LymeLyme, NHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $17,500 · through 2023Largest: $17,500 to LCS Fund — assist lyme country store in rebuilding gasoline pump system
Largest: $1,200 to Phi Beta Psi Eta Alpha Chapter — purchase gasoline cards for cancer patients.
Largest: $1,000 to BUILDING UP LIVES FOUNDATION — help purchase housing vouchers to those in need, and to purchase gasoline to help the unhoused get to and from work
Largest: $3,000 to MOM'S CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER DBA SPARC HOPE — the grant would be specifically utilized to purchase and distribute 100 $30 gasoline gift cards to help insure 25 single parent families have the resources to provide transportatio…
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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 →

