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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 “motel”
Where the money went
Ncrc Community Development FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $124,557 to PRAMUKH MOTEL INC — illinois coronavirus fiscal recovery funds
Mercy CarePhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $383,036 · through 2024Largest: $202,875 to MMD ASSETS LLC MILES MOTEL — community reinvestment
Jefferson County Local DevelopmentWatertown, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $88,925 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to KS MOTEL DBA 1075 STATE STREET LLC — to provide assistance for tourism enhancement
Central Valley Low Income Housing CorpStockton, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2022Largest: $2.4M to TOWN CENTER STUDIOS LP — to provide assistance in the rehabilitationn of an existing 40 room relax inn motel and to convert the motel into 39 affordable permanent supporting rental housing units for chroni…
Commission for the Las Vegas CentennialLas Vegas, NVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $335,268 · through 2024Largest: $164,044 to City of Las Vegas Scenic BywaySigns on Sticks Fun City Motel Sign — funding granted for the refurbishment and installation of two neon signs.
Largest: $6,000 to FALLS COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSE — to help provide food, clothing, motel rooms, etc. for people in need of these necessities.
OceanToms River, NJCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $175,194 · through 2024Largest: $96,946 to IDEAL EDUCATION — covid-19 motel assistance program
United Way of Northern ShenandoahWinchester, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT — to provide motel assistance to help individuals and families while linking them with agencies to help secure and stabilize long term housing solutions.
Open Your Heart To the Hungry andMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to HOPE COALITION — toward motel vouchers to unhoused families and individuals in goodhue and wabasha counties.
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $79,200 · through 2021Largest: $43,200 to MOTEL INVESTORS INC — covid relief assistance
Largest: $1,000 to Indigent person 1 — provision of emergency short-term lodging for homeless disabled single mother and her four minor children during the winter family exhausted their allotted time in a local homeless…
The Angel and Aaron Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE
2 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC — zaban paradies center, intown cares, mary hall freedom house, motel to home, center for family resources
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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 →

