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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 “putting”
Where the money went
Civic LubbockLubbock, TXCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $603,654 · through 2024Largest: $61,430 to LUBBOCK MOONLIGHT MUSICALS INC — to assist the organization in putting on its summer season of musicals
Largest: $25,000 to CITY OF BIG RAPIDS — put your town on the map first place winner
Largest: $1.2M to NAMATI INC — putting the power of law in people's hands: increasing environmental justice through legal empowerment
Largest: $100,000 to YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE — put christian principles into practice through programs that build spirit, mind, and body
Largest: $1,000 to DON'T EVER GIVE UP INC — raises funds and awareness to end cancer by supporting cutting-edge research through the v foundation. united, we are driven to putting an end to cancer.
Largest: $475,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for narrative and culture change work that focuses on organizing centers of gravity that shape public opinion towards a more equitable vision of work that puts power t…
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $320,246 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to CAMDEN COALITION OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS — putting care at the center conference, 2023; putting care at the center conference 2023 cs/ecm scholarship program; national strategy to advance consumers partnerships in healthcar…
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $335,500 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to Maine Plywood USA — help put all this machinery back together and accelerate the start of the plywood plant.
Langley for Families -Newport News, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $64,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PENINSULA & GREATER WILLIAMSBURG — contributed funds to assist local 501(c)(3) to meet its mission: seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and …
Largest: $1.2M to LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION — to accelerate digital business transformation for 26 black-owned local news organizations and put them on a path toward long-term financial sustainability and independence.
Largest: $13,723 to SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE — 76270 synthesizing emerging research to put human health at the forefront of how landscapes are designed and managed
New Canaan Community FoundationNew Canaan, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $20,650 to STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN — grants recommended by daf & for the scholarship fund
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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 →