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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 “roadside”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,000 to ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — to support litigation against roadside zoos that keep animals in deplorable conditions and that violate animal welfare and other laws.
Largest: $20,000 to ROADSIDE COCONUTS INC — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Largest: $20,000 to ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — for roadside zoo litigation
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,850 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to DALLAS COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION — roadside marquee sign
Largest: $10,000 to INDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION — for general operating support: research projects on rural community health, including rural chronic disease research and fellowship fund treatment and rehabilitation of the mentall…
Bay Area Community FoundationBay City, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $18,316 · through 2025Largest: $18,316 to NORTHEAST MICHIGAN ARTS COUNCIL — led roadside sign & letters, auditorium replacements & interior ceiling repairs, youth fine arts camp
Largest: $25,000 to OWASCO WATERSHED LAKE ASSOCIATION — roadside ditches remediation cost sharing program
Deidre Bainbridge Wildlife FundJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $17,850 · through 2023Largest: $17,850 to Wyoming Department of Transportation — wildlife roadside sign
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,700 · through 2024Largest: $9,700 to LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY — legacy grant for the wabasha roadside marker conservation
National Anti-Vivisection SocietyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to OKLAHOMA PRIMATE SANCTUARY — to assist with enclosure costs for two japanese macaques rescued from ohio roadside zoo.
Largest: $5,000 to VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART — donation for exhibition of roadside reverie
Cambria Community CouncilCambria, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,600 · through 2022Largest: $7,600 to BEAUTIFY CAMBRIA ASSOCIATION — landscaping project on roadside
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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 →