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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 “modification”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.2M to CIVIC WORKS INC — to support the baltimore county age-friendly upgrades for seniors (bcause) program, an initiative that enables older adult homeowners to remain independent by providing home modifi…
Christopher Reeve FoundationShort Hills, NJCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $829,766 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to CREATIVE ABILITY DEVELOPMENT INC DBA KANACK SCHOOL OF MUSICAL ARTISTRY — facility accessibility modifications
New Mexico Affordable HousingAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $747,363 · through 2024Largest: $173,380 to SAN FELIPE PUEBLO HOUSING AUTHORITY — veteran's rehabilitation & modification pilot program
Commission On Economic OpportunityWilkesbarre, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $934,936 · through 2024Largest: $250,315 to NORTHEASTERN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — provide scholarships to 42 local students for post-secondary education and graduate school. provide program planning oversight, evaluates program effectiveness, and recommends modi…
Ucare FoundationStuart, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $335,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC — initiative to increase accessibility at organization sites with adaptive equipment, modifications and scholarships for outdoor programs for participants with disabilities.
Adventist HealthcareGaithersburg, MDCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $95,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to REBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY — to support in home repairs and modifications for low-income home owners to enable them to age safely in place.
Largest: $63,727 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — discovering how rna epigenomic modifications impact flavivirus replication speed and fidelity
Largest: $450,000 to BISHOP SHEEN ECUMENICAL HOUSING FOUNDATION INC — support home health and safety modifications and repairs
Largest: $12,500 to Brothers Redevelopment Inc — to support the home modification and repair program and paint-a-thon program for low-income seniors and disabled homeowners.
Largest: $75,000 to Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona — expand the aging in place program, making safety and functional home modifications and repairs to help seniors with low incomes remain in their homes.
Community Foundation Serving WesternRoanoke, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $121,110 · through 2024Largest: $54,780 to SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC — to support the voucher program per the project budget, emergency services and home modification programs, volunteer driver program
Mid Shore Community FoundationEaston, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $142,050 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to THE JOURNEY A WESLEYAN CHURCH — 15 passenger vehicle with wheelchair modifications
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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 →