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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 “pieces”
Where the money went
Burton a Zipser and Sandra D ZipserFarmington Hills, MI
138 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS (THE) — to support research, performance, preservation, and expansion of audience listening experiences of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of serious and conc…
The Kindling GroupChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $691,703 · through 2023Largest: $130,000 to CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP — to create energy conservation artistic pieces
Largest: $300,000 to NEO PHILANTHROPY INC — core support for piece by piece (pxp) to expand sustainable and accountable civic engagement and organizing infrastructure with a focus on youth, emerging movements, and the us sou…
Vera Institute of JusticeBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $534,000 · through 2022Largest: $92,200 to WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET & POLICY CENTER — missing puzzle piece project - research on fines and fees
Dalio Family FundWestport, CTCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC — to support general operations
Largest: $51,492 to THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY — educational - gifted 5 pieces of artwork
Largest: $185,920 to SCHOLARSHIPS COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES — scholarships for 18 il state scholars at $8,000 a piece and $2,000 to the silver medallion winners of which there were 15. additionally, the fund paid for lewis and clark courses f…
Capital Workforce PartnersHartford, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to OUR PIECE OF THE PIE (OPP) — youth employment tra
Largest: $125,000 to Our Piece Of The Pie Inc — program support for the youth service corps a paid service learning program for atrisk hartford yo
Largest: $47,500 to A LITTLE PIECE OF LIGHT — for general operating support.
The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018Hartford, CT
8 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2024Largest: $4,250 to International Society of Bassists — musical composition competition for new music art pieces
Largest: $10,000 to LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES INC — lptms afterschool arts and education mentoring program
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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 →