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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 “impressions”
Where the money went
Episcopal Children'S ServicesJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $682,143 to EARLY IMPRESSIONS MIDTOWN INC — operational support
Largest: $1.5M to Impression 5 Science Center — endowment support grant.
Largest: $15,000 to Impression 5 Museum — admission for lansing stem/steam and big science lesson, membership and l.a.b.s. scholarships for thoman scholars, and programs, meetings, and materials for thoman scholars and you…
Desk Drawer FundEast Lansing, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $125,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to IMPRESSION 5 — empowering youth
Delta Dental Plan of MichiganOkemos, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $307,000 · through 2024Largest: $132,000 to IMPRESSION 5 — charitable donation
Largest: $50,000 to FIRST IMPRESSION INC — general operations
United Way of South Central MichiganKalamazoo, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $58,009 · through 2024Largest: $20,237 to IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER — direct grants-allocation-hw
Capital Region Community FoundationLansing, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $45,335 · through 2024Largest: $20,257 to IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER — designated fund
Largest: $25,000 to Harlem Stage — to perpetuate and celebrate the unique and diverse artistic legacy of harlem and the indelible impression it has made on american culture.
Largest: $15,000 to IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER — sponsor travel exhibit
Ach Child and Family ServicesFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $130,000 to CHERISHED IMPRESSIONS CHILD PLACING AGENCY — t3c readiness activities
Delta Dental FundLansing, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $128,564 · through 2023Largest: $103,564 to IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER — general grant
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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 →