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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 “mural”
Where the money went
Largest: $850,000 to PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES — our market, a multi-faceted effort to explore, promote, and support the diverse cultural identities of 9th street
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $711,700 · through 2024Largest: $552,400 to PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION — civic design studio commissioning of our communities: past, present, and future, commissioning of oakland chinatown dragon mural project with the twin walls murals fund, oakstop's …
Largest: $350,000 to SETTLEMENT HOUSING FUND INC — to support restoration of 3 sculptures, the re-creation of missing sculptures, new murals at the north and south entryways, & the research & installation of interpretive signage do…
Largest: $75,000 to PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES — mural arts' restorative justice project
Largest: $10,000 to CITY OF WAKEENEY — paint 2 murals downtown
Largest: $30,000 to CRAFT ALLIANCE — support for arts fellowship program at sumner high school; mural arts program
AarpWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $136,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Allentown Mural Arts — sponsorship of the mural arts project as part of aarp's livable communities initiative
Largest: $13,000 to LENNY CORREA — to support research and production for several new socially engaged public art murals as part of the "across la tierra" project taking place in ecuador, mexico, and the united stat…
Largest: $50,000 to SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA — for developmental support to position the maco vanka murals as a unique, visible, and more accessible resource supporting community engagement and creative learning for two years (…
Largest: $10,000 to CITY OF TOLEDO — the toledo mural project: making murals accessible for all
Largest: $40,000 to SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA — to support the continued growth, development, and implementation of the vanka mural education program
Largest: $25,000 to UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL — grandscale mural project
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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 →