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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 “memorabilia”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $219,595 · through 2023Largest: $162,095 to Dayton Automobile and Memorabilia Museum Inc — general operating support
Largest: $55,750 to JACK HADLEY BLACK HISTORY MEMORABILIA — general operating and jack hardley yards
Largest: $14,839 to Ulysses S Grant Association — gift presidential memorabilia
The Society of the Cincinnati in theExeter, NHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $268,019 · through 2024Largest: $123,749 to AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE CENTER — to defray costs incurred to maintain and/or house the organization's historic real estate and memorabilia loaned to them.
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $72,042 · through 2024Largest: $26,000 to NORTH STAR SCOUTING MEMORABILIA INC — multiple grants for multiple purposes
Largest: $65,000 to Fairbury City Museum — conveymanage fairbury alumni memorabilia
O ClubWesterville, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $60,401 · through 2023Largest: $32,300 to OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY - ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT — provide assistance to otterbein athletic department for purchases of rings & other memorabilia for championship seasons.
Irish InstituteNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $26,000 · through 2022Largest: $14,000 to ARCHIVES OF IRISH AMERICA — preserve irish memorabilia
Largest: $10,000 to SAN JOSE FIRE MUSEUM — to acquire, restore, catalogue, preserve and display historic fire apparatus, tools and equipment and memorabilia and to educate the public on the history of the san jose fire depa…
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United StatesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to JACK HADLEY BLACK HISTORY MEMORABILIA — historic preservation
Largest: $57,545 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE FOUNDATION — bob crewe memorabilia
Walker Area Community FoundationJasper, ALCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to THE DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — tallulah bankhead memorabilia collection
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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 →