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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 “pavilion”
Where the money went
Largest: $513,000 to FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION CITY OF ANGELS — community programming support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $977,190 · through 2022Largest: $41,680 to Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (inactive profile) — general operating support, general operating support - wesley pavilion, general operating support - wesley pavilion (des0104)
Lettie Pate Evans FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $25.6M · through 2025Largest: $7.0M to Emory University — toward the whitehead surgical pavilion and other general support
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $443,333 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to SEATTLE AQUARIUM — to support the ocean pavilion campaign
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION - ARLINGTON — for general purposes
Sioux Falls Area Community FoundationSioux Falls, SDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $279,818 to WASHINGTON PAVILION OF ARTS AND SCIENCE — general support, scholarships, program support, theatre support, music support
Joshua M Freeman FoundationSelbyville, DECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $10.3M · through 2024Largest: $3.7M to FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION — freeman arts pavilion capital project
Largest: $1.1M to PORTLAND ART MUSEUM — core support for us pavilion exhibition of artist jeffrey gibson (choctow-cherokee) at the 60th venice biennale.
Largest: $500,000 to THE BUTTERFLY PAVILION — 1/3 pledge payment
Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City, OK
4 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $500,000 to COLORADO COLLEGE — grants: academic pavilion
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $272,569 · through 2024Largest: $236,498 to CITY OF GAYLORD — legacy grant for oaks lakeside pavilion
Largest: $16,000 to BUTTERFLY PAVILION — stem career pathways volunteer energy
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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 →