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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 “shelbyville”
Where the money went
Largest: $32,425 to SHELBYVILLE ISD SCHOLARSHIP FUND — to support shelbyville isd scholarship fund
Largest: $188,935 to COMMUNITY CLINIC OF SHELBYVILLE AND BEDFORD COUNTY INC — to further the exempt purposes of the organization.
Largest: $808,473 to SHELBYVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL — vendor payments to benefit school
Blue River FoundationShelbyville, INCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $110,404 · through 2024Largest: $30,348 to SHELBYVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION — trail project
Girls IncorporatedNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $726,055 · through 2024Largest: $255,179 to GIRLS INC OF SHELBYVILLE & SHELBY CO — pass thru affiliate; travel reimbursement, training
Metro United WayLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $108,820 · through 2024Largest: $33,804 to Centro Latino Of Shelbyville Inc — immigrant programming
Shelbyville Cemetery TrustLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $85,367 · through 2025Largest: $25,367 to SHELBYVILLE CEMETERY COMPANY — perpetual care
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $96,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to COMMUNITY CLINIC OF SHELBYVILLE AND BEDFORD COUNTY INC — to provide preventive dental services (teledentistry, exam/x-rays, and two cleanings) for 37 diabetic and/or hypertensive adults ages 19-64.
Tennessee Charitable Care NetworkFranklin, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $324,859 · through 2024Largest: $153,050 to COMMUNITY CLINIC OF SHELBYVILLE & BEDFORD — to improve health care services offered to low-income, underserved tennesseans.
Shelbyville Cemetery CompanyShelbyville, KYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $104,182 · through 2024Largest: $36,670 to SHELBYVILLE CEMETERY TRUST — perpetual care
Smile 180 FoundationNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $98,950 · through 2024Largest: $43,550 to COMMUNITY CLINIC OF SHELBYVILLE & BEDFORD COUNTY — grant for dental clinic operations and dental safety net payments
Largest: $17,000 to SHELBYVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — support of charitable operations
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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 →