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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 “gordo”
Where the money went
Largest: $3,000 to NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AG IN THE CLASSROOM — bringing agriculture to classrooms in cerro gordo county schools
Largest: $5,000 to WINNEBAGO COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — youth development activities in cerro gordo county
Largest: $15,083 to CERRO GORDO COUNTY CONSVERVATION BOARD — maintain landdonated as greenarea
National EnvironmentalDenver, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $165,370 · through 2023Largest: $57,229 to CERRO GORDO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH — retail flexible funding model
Elderbridge Agency On AgingMason City, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $122,751 · through 2023Largest: $44,865 to Cerro Gordo Dept of Public Health — home based community services
Largest: $4,100 to ISU EXTENSION & OUTREACH CERRO GORDO COUNTY — 4h member dues program
Largest: $20,000 to FRIENDS OF CERRO GORDO — restoration fund of cerro gordo town, road and mines, and the american hotel
Largest: $16,500 to CERRO GORDO COUNTY EXTENSION — rising star & master gardener progra
Largest: $97,703 to KIWANIS CLUB OF PUNTA GORDO — general operating
Tombigbee Resource Conservation andTuscaloosa, ALCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to GORDO ZION COMMUNITY CENTER — general operations
Vose River Charitable FundBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to CERRO GORDO COUNTY — to support the impact in public health initiative
Community Care of North CarolinaGarner, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $19,008 · through 2024Largest: $19,008 to G & G HEALTHCARE - CERRO GORDO — helping independent practices expand access to and improve quality of care for vulnerable populations
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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 →