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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 “perennial”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.0M to ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC — project support: the new perennials project
Mad AgricultureBoulder, COCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $166,924 · through 2024Largest: $77,729 to Fitzgerald Family Farms — for the establishment of perennial ecological zones on farmland and the advancement of farm management tracking systems to enhance organic certification procedures and management e…
Woka FoundationNewbury Park, CA
2 matching grants · $500,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to The Land Institute — funding to transform agriculture through perennial grain breeding research and development, researching the social impacts of transitioning to perennial grain agriculture, and stud…
Largest: $100,000 to MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION — slade perennial garden, driscoll family overlook and is a 4-year pledge
Laurel HighlandsLigonier, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $129,680 · through 2025Largest: $45,700 to THE PERENNIAL PROJECT — marketing/operating/capital
Largest: $375,000 to Regents of the University of Minnesota — to further commercialize perennial and winter annual crops and cropping systems.
Largest: $400,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — to support the forever green initiative, a public-private partnership that advances clean water, soil health, and rural economic vitality through the commercialization of new peren…
Largest: $40,000 to GREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN — perennial performance grand garden campaign
Largest: $53,000 to CHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION — perennial garden maintenance and pdta
Largest: $1,800 to NICOLE LABOUFF — 2023 perennial residency honorarium
Largest: $20,000 to PERENNIAL — general operating support
Largest: $4,000 to PERENNIAL — program support
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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 →