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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 “petty”
Where the money went
Coast Guard FoundationStonington, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $460,000 to US COAST GUARD CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION — to provide disaster assistance and emergency relief to coastguardsmen & women
Project Apis MTorrey, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $57,300 · through 2024Largest: $20,550 to PETTIS AND ASSOCIATES LLC — honey bee research
Largest: $5,000 to Pettis S — educational scholarship
Missouri Association of ProsecutingJefferson City, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $127,382 · through 2024Largest: $42,708 to PETTIS COUNTY — reimb of crime victim assist exp
Forever Young Foundation for ChildrenBountiful, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $65,498 · through 2024Largest: $25,249 to BRIDGET PETTIS FOUNDATION — general operations
Largest: $31,000 to JONATHAN PETTY - ILLINOIS U OF AT U — 81037 health policy research scholars cohort seven - 2023
Largest: $15,000 to KYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE INC — general charitable purposes
Kyle Petty Charity RideCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $950,000 · through 2023Largest: $700,000 to KYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE TRUST INC — to assist children inflicted with disease or injury and to promote community awareness of the needs of children with serious diseases, illness and injury.
Counterpart InternationalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $305,103 · through 2024Largest: $170,907 to WELLINGTON PAGE INTERNATIONAL — support implementation of objective 1 of the taps activity. specifically, it will contribute to the following results: prevent, detect, and reduce petty corruption in select nation…
Largest: $54,500 to NEW JERSEY NATURAL LANDS TRUST — community engagement and outdoor learning programs at petty's island
Largest: $30,000 to PETTI JOHN SANCTUARY — general operating
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $47,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ADIRONDACK COUNCIL — for operating funds for clarence petty intern positions with the adirondack council
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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 →