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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.
7 funders with a record of paying for “musiceducation”
Where the money went
Colburn Music FundLos Angeles, CA
3 matching grants · $25.7M · through 2024Largest: $9.2M to THE COLBURN SCHOOL — classical musiceducation support
Largest: $6,667 to MANILOW MUSIC PROJECT — empowers underfunded school music programs to provide quality musiceducation by donating instruments, scholarships and equipment.providing scholarships nationwide to disadvantaged …
Largest: $105,000 to PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — to supportpasadenaconservatory ofmusic's missionto supportcommunity musiceducation andperformanceprograms
Largest: $8,500 to New York Philharmonic Education Fund — foster musiceducation
Largest: $190,500 to ST PAUL'S CHOIR SCHOOL — musiceducation
Sylvia & William W Gretsch Memorial FoundationRidgeland, SC
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to LOYOLA SCHOOL — to promote musiceducation
Largest: $3,000 to Philadelphia Youth Orchestra — youth musiceducation
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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 →