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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 “moon”
Where the money went
Midpen Housing CorporationFoster City, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to MID-PENINSULA HALF MOON BAY INC — gp donation to gateway rising
Largest: $12,000 to JULIA MOON — to defray educational expenses incurred by the recipient
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $283,000 · through 2023Largest: $155,000 to PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR — program - for general support. program - to support direct relief for families impacted by the january. 2023 shooting in half moon bay. advised - for the dedicated fund: "half moon…
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $86,700 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION — support new moon network
Largest: $234,135 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - m johnson, s johnson, k johnson, m jones, t jones, m jordan, r jovin, t judd, g kelly, l kelly, k kemper, d kessler, e kidd, k kinney, a knowles, a knowles…
Sonoma County Community FoundationSanta Rosa, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $162,950 · through 2024Largest: $26,000 to VALLEY OF THE MOON CHILDREN'S HOME FOUNDATION — to support valley of the moon children's foundation critical needs fund, which benefits former foster youth
Largest: $4,100 to MOON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY — operating activities
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $85,830 · through 2023Largest: $22,830 to TEATRO DE LA LUNA - THE MOON THEATRE — covid relief assistance
Largest: $17,995 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - LOTTIE MOON — lottie moon offering -
Largest: $250,000 to BAN KI-MOON CENTRE — leadership development for native and indigenous youth in the americas (fellowship program) with ban ki moon centre
Largest: $1.0M to COUNTY OF SAN MATEO — to advance the production of 47 housing units focused on low-income farmworkers in half moon bay and support an innovative home-ownership model backed by public-private partnership…
Largest: $200,000 to MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — medical research funding to support the melanoma moon shots program. specifically supporting project 2: novel strategies for melanoma cns metastases
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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 →