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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 “loaf”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE — bread loaf writers' conference-rona jaffe foundation scholarship
Largest: $6,000 to Phillips Academy — restricted grant - andover bread loaf lawrence high school writing workshop
Largest: $10,000 to PHILLIPS ACADEMY — andover bread loaf (abl) and pals
Aec TrustWilmington, DE
2 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SUGAR LOAF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT — slfpd biggest needs request
Largest: $2,500 to PHILLIPS ANDOVER ACADEMY — andover bread loaf
Largest: $1,000 to Phillips Academy Andover — 2024-2025 unrestricted grant - bread loaf program
Largest: $3,900 to SUGAR LOAF HISTORICAL SOCIETY — two legends & lore markers
Largest: $5,000 to ANGEL HORSES INC — to cover the costs for replacing the 12'x32' loafing shed, which was damaged beyond repair in the flooding and wind storms in june of 2023
The Scenic Hudson Land TrustPoughkeepsie, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $250,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to Orange County Land Trust — grant to support acquisition of sugar loaf
Largest: $30,000 to PRESIDENT&FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE — for the benefit of bread loaf writers conference
Hp FoundationSuttons Bay, MI
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to THE LEELANAU CONSERVANCY — sugar loaf project
Largest: $16,720 to HEARTS AND HORSES THERAPEUTIC RIDING — loafing shed project
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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 →