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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 “peforming”
Where the money went
Largest: $16,300 to THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS — educate & foster peforming arts
Largest: $10,000 to BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PEFORMING ARTS — $5,000 annual fund donation at the producers circle level for 2022 and $5,000 donation for general support
Largest: $35,000 to THE ARTS ENGAGEMENT FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY — kc studio general operating support & peforming arts reviews fy25
Lincoln Community FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Ashland Area Foundation — peforming arts campaign
Women and Girls in SoccerHerndon, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to UNITED SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION — child care for peforming coaches at united soccer coaches convention
Largest: $20,000 to Methodist Hospital Foundation — support the center for peforming arts medicine (cpam)
Largest: $10,000 to SOUTH ORANGE PEFORMING ARTS CENTER — general operating
Arts United of Greater Fort WayneFort Wayne, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $14,117 · through 2022Largest: $14,117 to UNITY PEFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION — resilience/recovery
Largest: $5,000 to SOUTH ORANGE PEFORMING ARTS CENTER — general operating
Largest: $2,500 to DAYTON PEFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE — general funding
Largest: $1,500 to BRADFORD CREATIVE AND PEFORMING ART — summer nights in the square sponsors
Largest: $2,000 to Three Notch'd Road Inc — to help promote peformances of historical repertoires from both sides of the atlantic.
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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 →