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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 “grain”
Where the money went
North Carolina Small Grain GrowersRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $274,074 to NC STATE UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT — small grain research
Largest: $101,000 to Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger — transforming rural communities in west africa through grain processing, market-led nutrition, and social innovation
Maryland Grain ProducersChester, MDCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $958,911 · through 2024Largest: $151,500 to MARYLAND GRAIN PRODUCERS — education/market dev
Largest: $200,000 to Colorado Grain Chain — to advance information and communications to the public to accelerate adoption of heritage, ancient, and locally adapted organic grains
Largest: $438,508 to VANGUARD ECONOMICS LTD — in support of scaling up the fortified whole grain initiative in rwanda to provide more nutritious meals for schoolchildren and to catalyze demand for fortified whole grain flour a…
Kentucky Corn Growers AssociationEastwood, KYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $385,000 to US GRAIN COUNCIL — support mission
Iowa Corn Grower'S AssociationJohnston, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $11.7M · through 2024Largest: $3.4M to US GRAINS COUNCIL — support foreign trade & corn market development
Largest: $441,809 to ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN — unrestricted charitable gift
Woka FoundationNewbury Park, CA
2 matching grants · $500,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to The Land Institute — funding to transform agriculture through perennial grain breeding research and development, researching the social impacts of transitioning to perennial grain agriculture, and stud…
Largest: $200,000 to OGRAIN PROGRAM - UW FOUNDATION — two staff positions supporting beginning organic grain farmers.
Corn Growers Association of North CaroliElizabethtown, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $368,076 · through 2023Largest: $134,969 to US GRAINS COUNCIL — corn research
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $339,917 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to Maine Grains Inc — building capacity to manufacture upcycled nutritious grain cereals and snacks at maine grains.
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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 →