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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 “seaport”

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Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $3.7M across 7 grants, latest 2023Brown University → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $971K across 2 grants, latest 2024Kitchings Family Foundation → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $489K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Confidence Foundation → Foss Waterway Seaport: $370K across 5 grants, latest 2024Stillman H G Uw Marine Hist → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $359K across 4 grants, latest 2025The William Penn Foundation → Independence Seaport Museum: $340K across 4 grants, latest 2024William & Ellen E Ames Charitable Trust → Mystic Seaport Inc: $297K across 3 grants, latest 2024Robert David Lion Gardiner → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $198K across 1 grant, latest 2024Beagary Charitable Trust → Mystic Seaport Museum: $174K across 4 grants, latest 2025Vincent Family Charitable Foundation → Mystic Seaport Museum: $130K across 4 grants, latest 2025The New York Community Trust → South Street Seaport Museum: $115K across 2 grants, latest 2024Nor' Easter Foundation Inc → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025Brown University → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $895K across 2 grants, latest 2022Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Norwalk Seaport Association Inc: $211K across 4 grants, latest 2023William & Ellen E Ames Charitable Trust → Mystic Seaport Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2025Robert David Lion Gardiner → East End Seaport Museum & Marine: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The New York Community Trust → Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024Nor' Easter Foundation Inc → Mystic Seaport: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert David Lion Gardiner → Long Island Seaport and Eco Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Robert David Lion Gardiner → East End Seaport Museum and: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Connecticut Humanities Council Inc: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Connecticut Humanities Counci…$3.9MBrown University: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Brown University$1.9MKitchings Family Foundation: $489K on this topic. Open the funder.Kitchings Family Foundation$489KWilliam & Ellen E Ames Charitable Trust: $398K on this topic. Open the funder.William & Ellen E Ames Charit…$398KThe Confidence Foundation: $370K on this topic. Open the funder.The Confidence Foundation$370KStillman H G Uw Marine Hist: $359K on this topic. Open the funder.Stillman H G Uw Marine Hist$359KThe William Penn Foundation: $340K on this topic. Open the funder.The William Penn Foundation$340KRobert David Lion Gardiner: $274K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert David Lion Gardiner$274KBeagary Charitable Trust: $174K on this topic. Open the funder.Beagary Charitable Trust$174KThe New York Community Trust: $145K on this topic. Open the funder.The New York Community Trust$145KVincent Family Charitable Foundation: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Vincent Family Charitable Fou…$130KNor' Easter Foundation Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Nor' Easter Foundation Inc$20KMystic Seaport Museum Inc: received $5.8M on this topicMystic Seaport Museum Inc$5.8MMystic Seaport Museum Inc: received $895K on this topicMystic Seaport Museum Inc$895KFoss Waterway Seaport: received $370K on this topicFoss Waterway Seaport$370KIndependence Seaport Museum: received $340K on this topicIndependence Seaport Museum$340KMystic Seaport Museum: received $304K on this topicMystic Seaport Museum$304KMystic Seaport Inc: received $297K on this topicMystic Seaport Inc$297KNorwalk Seaport Association Inc: received $211K on this topicNorwalk Seaport Association Inc$211KSouth Street Seaport Museum: received $115K on this topicSouth Street Seaport Museum$115KMystic Seaport Inc: received $100K on this topicMystic Seaport Inc$100KEast End Seaport Museum & Marine: received $50K on this topicEast End Seaport Museum & Marine$50KLong Island Seaport and Eco Center: received $25K on this topicLong Island Seaport and Eco Cen…$25KMystic Seaport: received $10K on this topicMystic Seaport$10KEast End Seaport Museum and: received $2K on this topicEast End Seaport Museum and$2K
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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 →