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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 “quilt”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN QUILTS INC — second installment of a three-year pledge dated november 15, 2021, to support years three through five of the quilt alliance's five-year initiative quilter's sos - save our stories
Largest: $75,000 to QUILT ALLIANCE — provide support
Largest: $600,000 to City of Bentonville — to support the design of the new a street promenade as part of the city of bentonville's quilt of parks plan.
Salser Family FoundationPacific Palisades, CA
4 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to THE AMERICAN QUILT STUDY GROUP — advancing the knowledge of quilts and related subjects.
Largest: $5,000 to VIRGINIA QUILT MUSEUM — to support operation of quilt museum and collection with historical significance to virginia
Largest: $83,580 to Vision Quilt — charitable needs
Largest: $10,000 to QUILTS FOR KIDS NEPAL — to support the quilts for kids program
Largest: $60,000 to NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM — enhance local cultural activities
Largest: $15,000 to SISTERS OUTDOOR QUILT SHOW — supporting the quilting community
Souls Grown Deep CommunityAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $133,339 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to FREEDOM QUILTING BEE LEGACY — support for airing of the quilts festival
Quilting Guild of the VillagesThe Villages, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $73,461 · through 2025Largest: $25,373 to VARIOUS QUILTING GUILDS — donations to assist chapters
The Community Foundation of HarrisonburgHarrisonburg, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $74,883 · through 2024Largest: $34,700 to VIRGINIA QUILT MUSEUM — arts & culture, agency fund distributions
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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 →