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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 “niles”
Where the money went
Jackson County Community Children'SKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $240,000 to NILES HOME FOR CHILDREN DBA KVC NILES — kvc niles day prep treatment: helping youth heal from trauma
Largest: $160,000 to Logan Community Resource Center — niles program 2022 & 2023
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $344,943 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to NILES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — upton scholarship fund support
Largest: $100,000 to GREATER NILES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — grant programs
Liponi FoundationMorton Grove, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $252,604 · through 2025Largest: $141,217 to MAINE-NILES ASSOCIATION — scholarships & equip
Largest: $50,000 to CITY OF NILES — plym park bbct
Largest: $125,000 to NILES HISTORY CENTER — roof replacement project
Largest: $21,086 to NILES HOME FOR CHILDREN — support of the niles home
Largest: $64,500 to Washington County Community College — scholarships - r adams, b andrews, e beals, a bladen, j calder, g castner, a cox, n cox, o davidson, j elwell, m gardner, g higgins, a jamieson, z johnson, c jones, d jones, c keen…
Largest: $103,000 to WATER JOURNALISTS AFRICA - INFONILE — for the project "nilewell: promoting trust of biodiversity information between scientists and communicators in the nile river basin."
Largest: $160,000 to NILE SISTERS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE — general operating support
Largest: $5,750 to BRADEN NILES — college scholarship
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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 →