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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 “nutures”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to SMALL STEPS NUTURING CENTER — fund programs
Corio FoundationLos Ranchos, NM
3 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $850,000 to NUTURING MINDS OF AFRICA — general operations
Largest: $1.0M to BEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES — run community centers to help people discover their gifts and purpose, nuture those and overcome barriers
Largest: $15,000 to FAMILY NUTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS — to provide support for the needs of the organization.
Largest: $27,400 to HAVEN OF HOPE BRAZIL — caring, nuturing and educating elementary and secondary.
Largest: $150,000 to Nutured by Nature — grant towards make-a-wish visits and charitable otter swim support.
Largest: $52,619 to BRIGHTER BITES INC — nuturing healthy teacher project
Largest: $5,000 to FAMILY NUTURING CENTER — unrestricted charitable gift
Largest: $56,000 to Orchard Elementary School — to provide an educational experience (k-6) where children learn in a healthy, non-competitive atmosphere with an interactive hands-on curriculum that builds academic skills; respec…
Largest: $350,000 to SMALL STEPS NUTURING CENTER — operating support for 2 inner city pre-school campuses & to add 4 classrooms & add'l adminitrative space to its jensen drive school.
Largest: $12,500 to BLACK FARMER FUND — nuture black community health by investing in black agricultural systems
Largest: $250,000 to GREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDENS — nature nutures campaign - tree house 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 →