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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 “homecoming”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC — project support grant for the 2024 detroit homecoming event
Largest: $7,500 to SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — homecoming activities
Largest: $25,000 to BALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC — baltimore homecoming
Largest: $100,000 to DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC — core support for its detroit homecoming project to reconnect expatriates to detroit and inspire them to engage in the citys equitable recovery
Largest: $100,000 to Downtown Detroit Partnership — to support detroit homecoming ix
Largest: $15,000 to BALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC — provide general operating support
Largest: $75,000 to HOMECOMING PROJECT INC — supporting the various charitable and civic endeavor
Ahimsa FoundationSouth Windham, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to HOMECOMING FARM INC — support for animals
Largest: $45,000 to DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP INC — support for 2023 detroit homecoming
Largest: $50,000 to BALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC — creativity and innovation
Largest: $25,000 to DOWNTOWN DETROIT PARTNERSHIP — to support the 2022 detroit homecoming
Baltimore Community FoundationBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC — general support and various projects
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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 →