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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 “reopening”
Where the money went
National Ace FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
229 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to BARBE-QUEEN — reopening or capacity building for restaurants
Association of Performing ArtsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2021Largest: $50,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — support presenting & touring field's safe equitable reopening & recovery
Largest: $750,000 to PITTSBURGH TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES — for reopening the organization's venue safely in 2021-2022 through capital improvements and/or activities that help to position the organization for the post-covid-19 pandemic envi…
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $293,511 · through 2023Largest: $135,500 to SIGNATURE HEALTH INC — relocating and reopening orca house, cleveland's historically black residential treatment center
Foundation for Delaware CountyMedia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to HISTORIC LANSDOWNE THEATER CORPORATION — restoration and reopening of the 1927 lansdowne theater
Largest: $200,000 to FRIENDS OF JOHN JAY HOMESTEAD — core support for the development of programming for the reopening of the john jay homestead to re-engage and grow its audience
Largest: $250,000 to 5TH AVENUE THEATRE ASSOCIATION — kickstart the arts reopening comprehensive campaign
Largest: $25,000 to SECOND STAGE THEATRE — this grant provided support to safely reopen theaters and resume productions; produce four shows total at two venues, the hayes theater and the tony kiser theater, support 25+ arti…
Largest: $25,000 to HO'ALA 'AINA KUPONO — to help this kahana valley community organization make waterflow improvements in the newly restored huilua fishpond, thereby reopening and renewing relationships within ahupua'a o …
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
1 matching grant · $400,000 · through 2022Largest: $400,000 to AHLA FOUNDATION INC — to support previously employed hospitality workers who were formerly disconnected to upskill to advance to higher positions within the hospitality industry upon reopening and prepa…
Largest: $10,000 to Vallejo Center for the Arts — for over 23 years, the vallejo community arts foundation (vcaf) has been promoting and sponsoring arts organizations, artists and special community events, presenting award-winning…
Largest: $50,000 to THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — the museum collects, conserves, and exhibits visual arts, supports research and promotes education in visual cultures around the globe and across history. the purpose of the grant …
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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 →