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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 “retail”
Where the money went
National EnvironmentalDenver, COCharity · may take applications
291 matching grants · $11.0M · through 2023Largest: $236,713 to VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — retail flexible funding model
The Reinvestment FundPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
223 matching grants · $21.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to KEWEENAW COOPERATIVE INC — funding to expand or preserve the availability of staple and perishable foods in underserved areas with low and moderate income populations by maintaining or increasing the number …
Largest: $5,000 to AXTELL COMMUNITY SCHOOL — independent retailer match
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA SC — retail management scholarship
The Food TrustPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to CHANDI SUPERMARKET — healthy food financing grant to retailer
Largest: $1.5M to JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC — economic opportunity in retail
City HarvestBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $817,642 · through 2023Largest: $80,000 to COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTION OF STATEN ISLAND INC — feeding america retail grant
Largest: $550,000 to Sustainable Fishery Advocates — to increase ambition and action of us retailers in seafood sustainability, and to increase the reach and effectiveness of import control rules to reduce illegal, unreported and unr…
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $976,416 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to Ocean Approved Inc — investing in machinery to make the process more efficient, building our research capacity for new desirable species of seaweed to grow in the gulf of maine, and strengthening marke…
Largest: $1.2M to REINVESTMENT FUND — 81333 offering planning and predevelopment funding for innovative community-informed, -owned, and -led sustainable healthy-food retail in new jersey
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2022Largest: $1.5M to Celadon Construction Corporation NFP — in support of the retail component of the united yards development in a way that will enable community ownership of the asset.
The National Restaurant AssociationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $149,937 · through 2024Largest: $42,111 to South Dakota Retailers Association Educational Foundation — prostart program, restaurant ready
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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 →