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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 “guard”
Where the money went
Coast Guard FoundationStonington, CTCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $20.0M · through 2025Largest: $1.2M to UNITED STATES COAST GUARD — to enhance educational opportunities at the coast guard academy
Operation Honor Guard NfpDanville, ILCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $229,887 · through 2025Largest: $29,977 to EAST TN VETERAN'S HONOR GUARD — to provide funding to chartaible organization
Largest: $20,000 to NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH FOUNDATION — camp shelby youth challenge program
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
5 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2025Largest: $388,913 to INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD RELIEF FUND — indiana national guard relief fund
Largest: $4,000 to COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC — program support
Largest: $1,500 to CAPE MAY COUNTY COAST GUARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — southern new jersey coast guard ball
United Way of York CountyYork, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $244,250 to YWCA-YORK — community education, early child care, domestic violence shelter, quantum opportunities program, school age child care, temple guard drill team, victim assistance center counseling…
Largest: $100,000 to UW FOUNDATION - GUARDING AGAINST CANCER — guarding against cancer event. dedicated to cancer elimination through research, education, advocacy and service.
Largest: $10,000 to National Coast Guard Museum Association — charitable donation
Largest: $30,000 to THE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC (USNI) — advance thinking on the u.s. coast guard's role in the 21st century: the coast guard essay contest
Nc National Guard Soldiers & AirmenRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $82,361 · through 2024Largest: $17,000 to NC NATIONAL GUARD (BACKPACK PROGRAM — financial assistance
US Coast Guard AcademyNew London, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $26.9M · through 2025Largest: $14.6M to UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY — provides direct supp
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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 →