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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 “premiere”
Where the money went
National New Play Network LtdLake Worth Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $142,210 · through 2024Largest: $20,250 to MAGIC THEATRE — support for rolling world premiere
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $631,754 to RESERVE PREMIER LLC — economic development
Largest: $150,000 to We the People of Detroit — to support one of michigan's premier environmental justice organizations with investments in planning for their future and a water camp for youth.
George S and Dolores DoreSalt Lake City, UT
9 matching grants · $345,232 · through 2024Largest: $98,000 to SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY — scholarships; continued support and expansion of the premier weekly lecture series, currently known as the a.p.e.x. speaker series, to be renamed the george s. and dolores dore ecc…
Largest: $1.0M to BROOKLYN TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC — to mobilize tech graduates to support the nation's premier high school for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Largest: $175,000 to PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY INC — development and premiere of original production poor judge
National Association of Competitive SoccMt Pleasant, SCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $465,152 · through 2024Largest: $121,272 to NORCAL PREMIER SOCCER — northern ca soccer development
Largest: $100,000 to VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATER INC — for its world premiere of ayad akhtar's mcneal
Community Care of North CarolinaGarner, NCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $89,604 · through 2024Largest: $19,616 to PREMIER PEDIATRICS PA — helping independent practices expand access to and improve quality of care for vulnerable populations
Largest: $50,000 to THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL — $17,500 to support the prairie fund, $5,000 for the prairie premiere scholarship program, $25,000 for the ruffo family scholarship fund, and $2,500 to sponsor the golf outing.
Largest: $20,000 to KAMRATON — to support the premiere and production of its second chamber opera, "the strange child" by julia werntz in june 2022 at pittsburgh's alloy studios
Largest: $262,400 to PREMIER ATHLETICS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — the learning lab 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 →