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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 “hostel”
Where the money went
Largest: $156,000 to CROSSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST — financial assistance for capital and operating expenses for the cherith hostel
Largest: $54,000 to ELDER HOSTEL ANNUAL FUND — road scholar fund
Jewish Community Federation of SanSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $38,710 · through 2024Largest: $10,500 to AMERICAN YOUTH HOSTELS INC AKA HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL USA — public/society benefit
Largest: $80,000 to ALL INDIA MOVEMENT FOR SEVA INC — funding for maintenance of boys hostel in cumbaum and girls hostel in elluru, and general operations
The Community Foundation ofLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $297,935 · through 2024Largest: $151,035 to SWEET EVENING BREEZE — l40 low-cost temporary housing (includes youth hostels)
Largest: $80,000 to SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — to provide assistance for women through addition recovery
Balgley Family Charitable FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
4 matching grants · $13,000 · through 2024Largest: $4,000 to AMERICAN YOUTH HOSTELS — operates youth hostels and runs programs
Largest: $75,000 to SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — unrestricted use for santa maria hostel's sex trafficking initiative
Largest: $30,000 to SANTA MARIA HOSTEL — general operations
The Methodist HospitalHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $678,947 · through 2024Largest: $235,280 to SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — program support
Largest: $10,000 to Santa Maria Hostel — rise picnic for recovery
Largest: $200,000 to HOSTELLING INTERENATIONAL USA — to support the organization
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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 →