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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 “gravel”
Where the money went
Allegheny County Conservation DistrictPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $518,738 · through 2024Largest: $142,940 to Borough of Bradford Woods — dirt, gravel and low volumne
Largest: $49,000 to GRAVEL HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — ongoing christian program
Largest: $15,000 to GRAVEL HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — general charitiable purpose
Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE FOUNDATION — speedway sand & gravel scholarships
Albuquerque Convention & Visitors BureauAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to DAY OF THE TREAD — expanding annual bosque boneshaker gravel grinder event to add 50-mile route to offerings
Emporia Community FoundationEmporia, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $12,600 · through 2022Largest: $6,500 to Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame — support and promote gravel cycling
Largest: $61,982 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — afc820-14 opioid hazard awareness training for sand, stone and gravel workers
Bonneville Environmental FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $608,200 · through 2024Largest: $608,200 to SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION — fairmead groundwater resiliency project grant payment to sustainable conservation grant & manure subsurface drip irrigation ghg study & piloting manure subsurface drip irrigation s…
Largest: $12,000 to Destination Church — parking lot gravel & excavation
Ozark Outdoor FoundationBentonville, ARCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to LIVE FEISTY MEDIA — gone graveling
Largest: $4,037 to STEWARTSVILLE COMMUNITY OF CHRIST C — camp farwesta gravel
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $215,000 · through 2022Largest: $215,000 to The Conservation Fund — for various projects, develop gravel routs bike trial
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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 →