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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 “present”
Where the money went
New England Foundation for the ArtsBoston, MACharity · may take applications
819 matching grants · $17.0M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to VISIONINTOART PRESENTS INC — general operating, creation and/or presenting support
Mid Atlantic ArtsBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
441 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $17,020 to VISION INTO ARTS PRESENTS INC — performing arts presenting and touring
Chamber Music AmericaBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
86 matching grants · $860,076 · through 2024Largest: $11,000 to REDWOOD JAZZ ALLIANCE — presenter consortium for jazz
Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND — core support for queer crescent to expand its programming and the outreach around the presenting ourselves research
Largest: $247,000 to ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INC — support presenter of new music and multimedia
Association of Performing ArtsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2021Largest: $50,000 to THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — support presenting & touring field's safe equitable reopening & recovery
Dallas Center for the Performing ArtsDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $245,250 · through 2024Largest: $11,000 to UPTOWN PLAYERS INC — new works, commissions, unique presentations
Largest: $10,000 to JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION INC — to promote the development, research, and presentation of new multidisciplinary performance works
Largest: $50,000 to DANSPACE PROJECT INC — dance presenting program
Largest: $12,500 to HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION — 2024 presenting sponsor for celebrate the city event and 2024 presenting program sponsor
Largest: $1.3M to NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK — to support regranting programs that benefit presenting organizations and performing artists that partner on the creation of new work, especially by emerging, lgbtq, artists of colo…
Alianza De Museos De Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $771,753 · through 2024Largest: $241,790 to MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE PUERTO RICO — support the development and presentation of visual arts and other art exhibits throughout diverse cultural spaces (e.g., museums, community spaces and/or organizations, artist inde…
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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 →