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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 “greenway”
Where the money went
Largest: $162,500 to EAST COAST GREENWAY ALLIANCE INC — promoting east coast greenway trail development
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $750,201 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST — to support the greenway annual dinner.
Largest: $562,500 to (243) MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC — climate: to support projects and efforts to develop climate resilience, greenways, and waterfront access
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $524,310 to FRIENDS OF VERDE RIVER GREENWAY — conservation activities
Largest: $100,000 to Waterloo Greenway Conservancy — conservation: community access to parks and urban greenspaces
Largest: $500,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — to support the unified greenway project, a nearly 30-mile-long recreational trail and public space that connects the joe louis greenway, the detroit riverfront and 23 detroit neigh…
Largest: $5.0M to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — to support the sustainability of the unified greenway.
Largest: $250,000 to Northwest Arkansas Razorback Greenway Alliance — to hire its first full-time staff person to manage the organization and coordinate the development of a comprehensive razorback greenway marketing and branding strategy, interactiv…
North Central Pa Regional Planning &Ridgway, PACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $197,889 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to TUNA VALLEY TRAIL ASSOCIATION — trail improvements through greenways grant
Hatch FoundationSpringfield, MO
9 matching grants · $299,745 · through 2024Largest: $112,000 to OZARK GREENWAYS — bnsf railway property
Great Rivers Greenway FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $7.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.3M to METROPOLITAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT (GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY DISTRICT) — greenway improvement projects for the benenfit of the great rivers greenway district.
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $343,310 · through 2023Largest: $102,625 to SISKIYOU GARDENS PARKS AND GREENWAYS — lower yreka creek restoration
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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 →