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5 funders with a record of paying for “jalopy”

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Music Matters Fund Inc → Jalopy Theatre: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Albert J and Claire R Speh Foundation → Jalopy Theater: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Living Traditions Inc (Dba Jalopy Theatre & School of Folk Music): $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Charles Jacob Foundation → Living Traditions: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Dobson Foundation Inc → Jalopy Theatre: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Living Traditions Inc (Dba Jalopy Theatre and School of Music): $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Dobson Foundation Inc → Jalopy Theatre and School of Music: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Music Matters Fund Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Music Matters Fund Inc$30KThe Howard Gilman Foundation Inc: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.The Howard Gilman Foundation…$16KAlbert J and Claire R Speh Foundation: $14K on this topic. Open the funder.Albert J and Claire R Speh Fo…$14KThe Charles Jacob Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Charles Jacob Foundation$5KThe Dobson Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Dobson Foundation Inc$4KJalopy Theatre: received $33K on this topicJalopy Theatre$33KJalopy Theater: received $14K on this topicJalopy Theater$14KLiving Traditions Inc (Dba Jalopy Theatre & School of Folk Music): received $11K on this topicLiving Traditions Inc (Dba Jalo…$11KLiving Traditions: received $5K on this topicLiving Traditions$5KLiving Traditions Inc (Dba Jalopy Theatre and School of Music): received $5K on this topicLiving Traditions Inc (Dba Jalo…$5KJalopy Theatre and School of Music: received $1K on this topicJalopy Theatre and School of Mu…$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →