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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 “piano”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to Feltsman Piano Foundation Ltd — provide grants and scholarships to promising and gifted piano students
Fritz B Burns FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
6 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Brigham Young University — contribution is to charity exempt under section 501(c)(3) which is not a private foundation. contribution is to provide funding for fritz and gladys burns endowed piano scholarship…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $310,788 to SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — advised - for general operating support. advised - for piano student scholarships. advised - for scholarships. scholarships are to be awarded to individual students who desire to p…
Largest: $25,000 to Piano Cleveland — project support
Largest: $100,000 to WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE (HARRIMAN-JEWELL SERIES) — 2024/2025 season support and underwriting of daniil trifonov, piano, and leonidas kavakos, violin
Largest: $10,000 to CHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION (PIANOS) — piano purchase
Largest: $18,500 to Piano International Association of — general charitable purposes
Largest: $10,000 to ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH — piano replacement fund support
Largest: $25,000 to MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST — restricted grant for the collaborative piano studio, scholarship and other programs
Largest: $15,000 to PIANOS FOR PEOPLE — to provide free access to the transformational power of the piano.
Largest: $1.6M to WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — piano replacement project
Largest: $15,000 to PIANO VISIONS — piano visions 2023 concerts and masterclasses
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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 →