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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 “highway”
Where the money went
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to HELENA HEALTH FOUNDATION - 1395 HIGHWAY 242 S HELENA AR 72342 — to help operate the hospital
United Way California CapitalSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $605,870 · through 2024Largest: $158,239 to CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL 11-99 FOUNDATION — for the operation and maintenance of this organization.
Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyNapa, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $611,271 · through 2023Largest: $225,000 to HIGHWAY 29 MEDIA COMPANY — to support the hiring of a bilingual/bicultural latinx communities reporter, whose output/content would be shared with other local media outlets, including, but not limited to, nap…
Highways of Easton FundMarshfield, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $355,000 to TOWN OF EASTON — to maintain the highways of easton
Largest: $1,499 to ADOPT A HIGHWAY — for the general purpose of the charitable organization.
Largest: $150,000 to Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation — to support a study on funding options for accelerating highway construction in northwest arkansas, focused on highway 412.
Monongahela River Trails Conservancy LimitedMorgantown, WVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $224,000 · through 2025Largest: $120,000 to WV Division of Highways — required 20% matching funds for the caperton trail lighting project managed by the wv division of highways
Largest: $25,000 to TOWN OF DAVENPORT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT — for highway department
The Foothills FoundationSan Francisco, CA
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION — to support the organization's mission to provide emergency assistance to california highway patrol employees and scholarships to their children
Governors Highway Safety AssociationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $77,088 · through 2024Largest: $39,588 to LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION — safety grant partnerships
Foundation for Advancing AlcoholWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $847,850 · through 2024Largest: $327,850 to GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION — hrid grant, nasid marijuana, holiday impaired driving campaign
Highway Crossroads Credit UnionSikeston, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $39,476 · through 2024Largest: $20,089 to HIGHWAY HERO HONOREE SCHOLARSHIP — to support the scholarship program
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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 →