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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 “planetarium”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to ADLER PLANETARIUM — unrestricted use
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $136,576 · through 2024Largest: $44,872 to Adler Planetarium — collab research
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $486,050 to Adler Planetarium — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
Largest: $100,000 to DISCOVERY MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM — religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes
Largest: $100,000 to ADLER PLANETARIUM — far horizons program
Largest: $152,925 to UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION-FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER & PLANETARIUM — k12 field trips & new astonomy exhibit
Largest: $88,000 to ADLER PLANETARIUM — cosmology and astrophysics research and pdta
Largest: $142,701 to WHITESWAN ENVIRONMENTAL WE — immersive indigenous learning through planetarium experiences
Largest: $2.0M to ADLER PLANETARIUM — to rehouse, preserve and protect items in the adler's collections.
Largest: $45,000 to FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER & PLANETARIUM — explore universe, bringing science alive for young and life-long learners
Bishop Museum of Science and NatureBradenton, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $521,826 to BISHOP MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE — providing funds for the successful operation of the south florida museum and bishop planetarium
Largest: $20,000 to THE ADLER PLANETARIUM — general, operating, endowment or capital.
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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 →