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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 “neon”
Where the money went
Commission for the Las Vegas CentennialLas Vegas, NVCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $76,109 to Neon Museum Brilliant Expansion Neon Museum — costs associated with the expansion and enhancement of the educational element of the current audiovisual immersive experience known as "brilliant!" located in the neon museum's no…
Oklahoma Route 66 AssociationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $115,222 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to DECOPOLIS Studios LLC — neon sign restoration
Largest: $277,376 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — to develop a long-lived quantum memory based on spin-states of single electrons trapped in vacuum above solid neon in a cryogenic environment, providing new approaches to quantum e…
Largest: $15,000 to Museum of Neon Art — grant for the arts
Greater Twin Cities United WayMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $490,750 · through 2024Largest: $340,750 to NEON NORTHSIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY NETWORK — program costs
The Dayton FoundationDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $50,350 · through 2024Largest: $23,750 to DAYTON MOVIES DBA THE NEON — various projects
Largest: $10,000 to THE NEON MUSEUM — support the preservation of local las vegas history
Largest: $150,000 to NEON MUSEUM — to support the mobile neon bending studio, a science technology engineering art and math (steam) initiative
Largest: $7,900 to MUSEUM OF NEON ART — getty marrow undergraduate interns at los angeles county organizations
Largest: $5,000 to THE NEON MUSEUM — to help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3)
Bny Mellon Charitable Gift FundBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $96,500 · through 2024Largest: $43,000 to NEON MUSEUM — to further the organization's exempt purpose
Nevada HumanitiesReno, NVCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $40,792 · through 2023Largest: $29,729 to THE NEON MUSEUM — operating and/or program support
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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 →