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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 “marching”
Where the money went
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to NATIONAL COMPASSION FUND — to provide support for financial distributions to victims of the march 27th, 2023 covenant school shooting per the distribution plan approved by the covenant school survivors fund …
Largest: $20,000 to MARCH OF DIMES — program support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2023Largest: $2.0M to University of Illinois Foundation — support for gies summer success program - gies college of business, general operating support, $500: support for volunteer illini projects; $500: support for gies business school, …
Largest: $20,000 to MARCH OF DIMES INC — march for babies greater virginia market
Largest: $6,544 to MARCH OF DIMES INC — program/operating support
Akron Community FoundationAkron, OHCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $515,599 to UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA — spendable income for the quarter ending march 31, 2021
Largest: $50,000 to Barry Goldwater Educational Support Fund — in support of the first goldwater scholars summit at the national conference on undergraduate research in bozeman, montana on march 26-28, 2020. the funds will support student trav…
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $532,010 · through 2023Largest: $243,000 to DISASTER SERVICES CORPORATION - SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL USA - 511 E J — disaster case management in arkansas as a result of march 31, 2023 tornado events in pulaski, lonoke, and cross counties
Largest: $23,960 to HOPE CENTER INC — support the hope center's 25th anniversary - heart4hope event 2024, in kansas city, mo on march 7, 2024. 202402-14756
Largest: $850,000 to MARCH ON MARYLAND INC — future coalition 2023
Largest: $50,000 to Baltimore Sports Tourism Development Council Inc — support for the central intercollegiate athletic association basketball tournament being held in baltimore, md from february 24 to march 3, 2024
Burton a Zipser and Sandra D ZipserFarmington Hills, MI
8 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2025Largest: $12,500 to MSU MARCHING BAND — to support research, performance, preservation of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of american music including neglected works of the past.
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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 →