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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.
9 funders with a record of paying for “poinsettias”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to LATIN BALLET OF VIRGINIA — legend of the poinsettia, 21st anniversary
Largest: $21,000 to MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA — parking project, roof raiser, sponsor poinsettia ball and live youth donation
Largest: $5,000 to POINSETTIA ELEMENTARY PTA — to support the poinsettia elementary pta.
Largest: $3,172 to FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — flowers, music fund, poinsettias and flowers
Poinsettia Elementary PtaCarlsbad, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,811 · through 2024Largest: $40,811 to POINSETTIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — art & music support
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,350 · through 2025Largest: $9,350 to OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE CHURCH — bishop's annual appeal, to offset advent decorations and for poinsettia purchases, general support parishioner, "we see you" grant
Largest: $8,000 to STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC — general operating support, 2023 poinsettias
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,423 · through 2021Largest: $12,423 to WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — unrestricted: $2,000, capital campaign: $3,000, christmas eve offering: $100 and christmas box: $100 christmas poinsettias:$60, guatemala cattle project: $300, imck nurses: $300, m…
Largest: $1,500 to MOODY CLINIC — assistance with poinsettia fundraiser
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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 →

