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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 “rural”
Where the money went
Largest: $850,000 to RURAL GROCERY INITIATIVE — rural grocery initiative
Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR RURAL POLICY & DEVELOPMENT — project support for capacity building to develop and disseminate rural and tribal policy research in rural minnesota
Largest: $52,500 to EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (EOU) — teach rural oregon - oregon rural teacher corps
Largest: $639,779 to NC RURAL CENTER — to build the capacity of rural congregations for community economic development through the faith in rural communities initiative.
Largest: $25,000 to Teach Rural Oregon College of Education Eastern Oregon University — teach rural oregon - rural teaching corps
Largest: $95,000 to THE ART OF THE RURAL — core support for high visibility, a long-term, collaborative partnership with plains art museum to reframe the narrative on rural america and indian country and to welcome sustaine…
Largest: $100,000 to Art of the Rural — for general operating support - art of the rural works to support non-urban artists, culture-bearers, cultural organizations, and communities in rural places across the country fro…
Largest: $82,386 to ALABAMA U OF — 77179 advancing health equity in rural communities by building on a study of barriers to access to early care and education in rural alabama
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
70 matching grants · $61.1M · through 2024Largest: $505,200 to CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATION INC — grant, advancing digital skilling in rural america grant, travel grant - rural summit
Largest: $375,000 to POINT SOURCE YOUTH INC — to provide youth experiencing homelessness in san francisco, chicago, rural maryland, rural pennsylvania, and new york city with housing and support services.
Center for Technology and Civic LifeChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
97 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CHAVES COUNTY CLERK — provide nonpartisan funding to help rural and nonmetro election offices conduct reliable and secure elections.
National Rural Health AssociationKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
83 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $483,334 to LEGATO HEALTHCARE MARKETING INC — improve rural health
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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 →