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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 “mansion”
Where the money went
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to VICTORIA MANSION — in honor of cynthia macdonald
Largest: $851,435 to CENTER FOR 20TH CENTURY TEXAS STUDIES — operate the moody mansion & museum
Largest: $1.0M to CIVIC WORKS (HISTORIC CLIFTON MANSION RESTORATION) — provide funds for the restoration of clifton mansion
Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City, OK
5 matching grants · $285,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to FRIENDS OF THE MANSION — grants: oklahoma first family residence
Largest: $155,000 to Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park — general fund & scholarships
Largest: $5,000 to FRIENDS OF THE FULTON MANSION — provide support for the fulton mansion state historic site
Largest: $10,000 to PATRIOTS FOR THE SOMERS MANSION — community outreach
Largest: $50,000 to His Mansion — rehab for tramatized children
Largest: $50,000 to COMMITTEE OF 1926 HISTORIC STRAWBERRY MANSION — for highest priority needs
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $668,578 · through 2022Largest: $307,078 to DE DIVISION OF PARKS & RECREATION — unrestricted support, porch repairs ($20k), security upgrades ($6,815) and asbestos with harvard ($1,457.75), mansion porch repairs and carriage house rafter replacement, flint woo…
Ventura County Community FoundationCamarillo, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $86,500 · through 2023Largest: $22,500 to MANY MANSIONS — to provide support for youth programs and camp many mansions
Arts and Culture AllianceKnoxville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $137,991 · through 2024Largest: $53,000 to BLOUNT MANSION — support art in the c
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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 →