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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 “imrpovement”
Where the money went
Largest: $18,000 to BAKERSFIELD HOMELESS CENTER — capital imrpovements
Largest: $15,000 to MOSES LAKE SISTER CITY EXCHANGE — imrpovements to park
Largest: $100,000 to CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND — to help deprived, excluded, and vulnerable children have the capicity to imrpove their lives and the opportunity to become young adults
Jackson Lewis FoundationWest Harrison, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to NEBRASKA LEGAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL — fostering the creation of a more culturally diverse and inclusive legal community by imrpoving the pipeline, recruiting and retaining diverse lawyers
Kuali FoundationBloomington, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $1.8M · through 2021Largest: $1.8M to Kuali Inc — imrpove open source software
Cacapon Resort State Park FoundationBerkeley Springs, WVCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $166,142 · through 2024Largest: $166,142 to CACAPON STATE PARK — to beautify and imrpove state park
Largest: $100,000 to SUMMIT FOUNDATION — to enrich and imrpove the lives of the people in their community.
Peoria Hospitals Mobile Medical ServicesPeoria, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,546 · through 2024Largest: $50,546 to PEORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT — imrpove local community ems care.
Largest: $75,000 to TRANSITIONS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES — imrpove community health
Northwest Connecticut CommunityTorrington, CTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to Barakhamsted Youth Baseball — softball field imrpovements
Largest: $25,000 to FORT WAYNE TRAILS — to advocate for a safe, accessible trail system that imrpoves the qualify of life in the fort wayne area.
Cortland County Business DevelopmentCortland, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to 55 MAINSTREET HOLDINGS LLC — facade imrpovement
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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 →