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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 “municipal”
Where the money went
National Arbor Day FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
377 matching grants · $20.4M · through 2024Largest: $218,752 to TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION — encourage and facilitate the adoption of leading-edge practices in municipal forests including inventory, planting, maintenance and education.encourage and facilitate the adoption …
Cities for Financial Empowerment FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
63 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to CITY OF ST LOUIS — incorporating financial empowerment resources into municipal emergency response procedures
Largest: $24,120 to TAICHUNG MUNICIPAL TAICHUNG INDUSTRIAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL — the establishment of skills development courses.
Largest: $225,000 to MOVEMENT STRAT CTR — 79509 advancing a fiscal-justice strategy in the municipal finance sector to integrate social justice movements into municipal bond investing
Washington County RiverboatWashington, IACharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2025Largest: $675,144 to CITY OF WASHINGTON — municipal grant, wellness park
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
31 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE FOUNDATION — train michigan municipalities to leverage federal resources while ensuring equity and engagement by conducting short- and long-term training and technical assistance
Largest: $50,000 to TOWN OF WALES — unrestricted municipal gift
Largest: $1.2M to TERNER HOUSING INNOVATION LABS INC — to support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of i…
Largest: $50,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — to establish a research engagement platform with minnesota's municipal and cooperative utilities
Largest: $275,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN — to support connect and their membership network of municipalities to collaborate on major innovation in climate action, smart economic development, human services, and public safet…
Largest: $15,000 to FAITH IN INDIANA INC — for a case study about the municipal advances in co-governance in indiana
Largest: $15,000 to CHESTER COUNTY DSS — municipal entity
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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 →