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12 funders with a record of paying for “sewing”
Where the money went
Advanced Robotics for ManufacturingPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $988,515 to HENDERSON SEWING MACHINE CO INC — research subawards
Largest: $32,000 to Young Designers Sewing Program — promoting service through sewing education for young people.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
5 matching grants · $950,161 · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to INDUSTRIAL SEWING AND INNOVATION CENTER — provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of putting people first in sewn goods manufacturing and moving toward a more inclusive, respected, up…
Largest: $2,000 to UT Ext Inst Ag 4H - Scott Cnty — to provide support to the 4-h sew and glow" club, allowing the club to purchase sewing equipment and supplies to support its sewing education program.
MentorsIncline Village, NV
4 matching grants · $32,500 · through 2025Largest: $2,000 to THE SEWING LABS — sewing labs 40 $50 scholarships
Largest: $62,000 to CORPORATIVA UNA SOLA FUERZA DURAN — women attended workshops on sewing marketing design self-esteem domestic violence and other related spiritual topics
Largest: $10,000 to SEW & SEWS INC — community services
Largest: $5,000 to REACH GIRLS — train 10 more girls on sewing skills; buy 4 sewing machines; start a menstrual pad project
Largest: $10,000 to Omawa — grandmothers empowerment program providing training resources for piggery project, agriculture, mushrooms, sewing
Largest: $102,716 to ALMA — support orphanage, build churches and provide assistance to orphans, widows and evangelists. drill water wells. provide medical support, bicycles, sewing machines and college tuiti…
Largest: $20,000 to WOMEN-SEW GLOBAL FOUNDATION — support operations, sewing classes, and culturally-specific sewing collectives serving immigrant and refugee women in the portland metro region
Largest: $500,000 to INDUSTRIAL SEWING AND INNOVATION CENTER — next generation models
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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 →