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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 “repaving”
Where the money went
Largest: $128,210 to DAY ONE — exterior repointing and parking lot repaving
Largest: $80,000 to FOREST HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — repaving parking lots on union street, addressing sink hole, and tree removal
Fox Valley Youth Hockey AssociationNeenah, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $140,835 · through 2024Largest: $100,835 to APPLETON ICE INC — support for repaving the parking lot
Forgotten HarvestOak Park, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to HARTFORD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH — repave staging lot
McKeesport Hospital FoundationMcKeesport, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to MCKEESPORT AREA MEALS ON WHEELS — parking lot repaving
Greater Manhattan Community FoundationManhattan, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,623 · through 2022Largest: $17,140 to ST JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL — donations and match from match day 2021 to repave the alleyway between our church & school so it is safer for the children to play on at recess.
Huntsville RehabilitationHuntsville, ALCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $44,250 · through 2021Largest: $29,250 to CRISIS SERVICES OF NORTH ALABAMA — provide comprehensive services for adult victims of domestic violence and their children through the domestic violence program. funds used to to repave the driveway and to pave the…
Largest: $14,227 to BLOSSBURG BOROUGH — repaving,trash
Largest: $10,000 to CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS — repave driveway & parking lot
Largest: $1.0M to CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY — second of 5 installments of $5 million total: for the for all campaign, $4,700,000 for harlem meer shoreline restoration and expanded boardwalk project, $200,000 to mill and repave…
Largest: $95,026 to Humane Society of Middletown Inc — contribution to fund repaving at the humane society.
Largest: $79,000 to COMMUNITY SYSTEMS INC — for the purchase of a handicap accessible van ($64,000) and to repave the driveway of a residential home for clients in east falmouth ($15,000)
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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 →