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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 “print”
Where the money went
Largest: $9,000 to International Commission — evangelism and printing & distribution of the bible.
Local Oklahoma Music AssociationEdmond, OKCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $461,425 · through 2025Largest: $75,240 to Yukon High School Band Boosters Club — the money was used to purchase musical instruments, instrument repair, print music, and equipment.
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $580,560 · through 2024Largest: $97,250 to Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting — printing & publishing
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $487,894 · through 2024Largest: $99,437 to HAMILTON WOOD TYPE & PRINTING MUSEUM - 1816 10TH STREET TWO RIVERS WI 5242 — general operating support for hamilton wood type & printing museum
Largest: $502,200 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - THE BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART — frankenthaler prints initiative
Largest: $150,000 to THE PRINT CENTER — core support 2020
National Council for CommunityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $108,750 · through 2024Largest: $21,250 to SEATTLE DESIGN AND PRINT — economic recovery grant
Largest: $68,680 to HAMILTON WOOD TYPE & PRINTING MUSEUM — art & culture
Largest: $123,647 to KATALYST ENGINEERING — to implement "gotta get engineering" program for k12 schools which implements 3d printers, 3d scanners and hands-on science kits to integrate engineering design and 3d printing tec…
The Lenfest Institute for JournalismPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22.8M · through 2024Largest: $7.8M to THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — the institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. a series of …
Largest: $43,916 to WEST VIRGINIA FOOD & FARM COALITION — implement the snap stretch program in three farmers' markets: post 49 market in williamson, mingo county; blue 52 in kermit, mingo county; and miss ruby's corner market in charlest…
Largest: $30,000 to PRINTED MATTER INC — general & unrestricted
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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 →