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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 “jesters”
Where the money went
Largest: $35,000 to THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND — smiles for kids with cancer
Largest: $10,000 to THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND — reading makes a difference
Largest: $7,500 to University of St Francis — jesters program
Largest: $8,500 to BITTER JESTER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS — general operating support
Largest: $2,000 to JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND — general & unrestricted
Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS — jesters program donation
Prairie Meadows Race Track and CasinoAltoona, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to TREASURER POLK CO — jester park nature sensory trail
Largest: $1,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS — jesters program
Largest: $5,000 to Jester and Pharley Phund — general operations
Largest: $5,000 to THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND — helping children with cancer and children coping with serious illnesses with books and reading programs in hospital settings
Largest: $1,000 to JESTER FOUNDATION — all contributions for unrestricted purposes
Mediators FoundationBoulder, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $52,500 · through 2022Largest: $52,500 to API ARTS AND OUTREACH INC — grant awarded for the production of the "jesters and fools" film, initially called "us vs. them".
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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 →