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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 “impovement”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ADA COUNTY — community impovement
Pan-American Catholic Health CareChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $848,574 · through 2024Largest: $738,522 to HOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HUMANITY FOUND — impove healthcare
Largest: $2,500 to YMCA — impove lives of all in the greater charleston area
Largest: $1,500 to CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATER — grant to 501c organization to impove and enrich the chatham community
Largest: $20,000 to THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — to impove multi-use green space at tiden middle school.
Largest: $20,000 to CARITAS COMMUNITIES — preventing homelessness, impoving lives, one room at a time
Largest: $10,000 to SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION — dedicated to impoving lives of children with special needs through therapeutic horse and ranch activities
Largest: $2,500 to PETOSKEY - HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — impoves the quality of life for all people in emmet county by connection donors with community needs, building a permanent source of charitable funds to serve our area, addressing …
Largest: $10,000 to UPO INSPIRE — provide career trajectory for impove
Largest: $7,000 to RANDOM ACTS OF FLOWERS — impove emotional health and well-being of individuals
Largest: $5,000 to THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY — to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and impove the quality of life of patients and their families.
Largest: $1,950 to SIN LIMITES — beds & transport. for impov. village
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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 →