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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 “posters”
Where the money went
Largest: $11,942 to NIKKI MITCHELL FOUNDATION — golf pacakge/signed posters
Largest: $101,250 to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SWINE VETERINARIANS FOUNDATION — educational debt relief grant program and the student seminar poster presentations.
The Right Rider Access FundIrvine, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $76,280 · through 2024Largest: $26,280 to TREADLIGHTLY — funding to support educational poster program activities, to cover 2024 costs for the utv online course learning management support system software platform, and to supply two prog…
Cranial Academy FoundationWoodland Hills, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $54,750 · through 2025Largest: $27,875 to AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY — educational block grant/lborc research poster awards sponsorship
National Foundation for the Centers forAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $282,378 · through 2024Largest: $162,378 to PEACE VILLAGE POSTER 4 PEACE DBA CANCER JUSTICE NETWORK — cbo support to increase vaccination coverage
Sixteen Thirty FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $275,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to ALASKANS FOR POSTERITY — civil rights, social action, advocacy
Largest: $6,000 to Marine Technology Society Inc — marine technology society sponsorship - oceans (global) student poster competition
Largest: $13,500 to MAMMOGRAM POSTER GIRLS INC — charitable event
United Way of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $27,018 · through 2023Largest: $13,509 to Peace Village Posters for Peace — program operating cost
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,410 · through 2023Largest: $15,770 to Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana — carpet, books, and posters
Largest: $100,000 to FRIENDS OF CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM — youth living near the port of los angeles face environmental challenges like noise, traffic, and poor air and water quality, yet rarely have access to careers that address these is…
Studio in a School AssociationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $12,720 · through 2024Largest: $6,420 to POSTER HOUSE INC — arts intern 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 →