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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 “orchestral”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to Grant Park Orchestral Association — general, charitable, educational
Largest: $499,318 to MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — music's moment campaign
Largest: $100,000 to Minnesota Orchestral Association — partner with a section
Largest: $15,000 to MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — symphony ball 2024- donation in lieu of benefit tickets
Largest: $5,000 to NEW JERSEY INTERGENERATIONAL ORCHES — provide talented young musicians with an orchestral training experience that would enable them to reach their highest potential as performers and listeners.
Largest: $50,000 to Minnesota Orchestral Association — for general operating support
Largest: $200,000 to LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS — virginia b. toulmin foundation orchestral commissions program
Largest: $50,000 to ITASCA ORCHESTRA AND STRINGS PROGRAM — operating support in 2022-23 to provide orchestral music to adults and youth in itasca county
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $476,360 · through 2023Largest: $61,960 to Grant Park Orchestral Association — general operating support, blue circle membership support - patron id 389009 (waive tangible benefits), support for the grant park music festival's "classical campers and "string a…
Largest: $1.0M to Grant Park Orchestral Association — to be added to grant park orchestral association's endowment fund, created by the agreement date february 26, 2018 between fulk family foundation, inc. and grant park orchestral as…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
6 matching grants · $178,075 · through 2023Largest: $70,000 to Grant Park Orchestral Association — in support of general operations.
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $456,179 to MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — arts- culture- humanities, donor-advised, arts- culture- humanities
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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 →