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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 “shirt”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to SHIRTS ACROSS AMERICA — program support
Oklahoma Blood InstituteOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $463,862 · through 2024Largest: $109,995 to GLOBAL BLOOD FUND — this charity (of which obi holding is the sole member) has a mission to improve transfusion care in the developing world. this is considered a natural extension of obi's purpose to…
Wichita FoundationWichita, KSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $87,873 · through 2024Largest: $25,800 to ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — vbs- t-shirts 2023, general purposes, the new covenant life support center
Largest: $4,240 to SHOCA — 350 t-shirts, 200 trophies, 250 hawa
Largest: $2,200 to Kershaw Intermediate School — kindness shirts and program
Largest: $11,792 to BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL — becoming our best selves; let's make shirts; the gold standard
Largest: $2,500 to CAMP COURAGEOUS — camper t-shirt sponsorship
Elkhorn Public Schools FoundationElkhorn, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $47,828 · through 2024Largest: $17,678 to ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — honors & excellence program - funding t-shirts for high school honor students
Largest: $17,832 to ANNUAL FISH QUEST 2023 GIFTS — tackle boxes fishing rods and gloves fishing lures and rulers shirts and jerseys given to the participants attending the event
Otero County Hospital AssociationAlamogordo, NMCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $50,975 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to FLICKINGER CENTER — sponsorship on banners and shirts.
Largest: $7,500 to THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — to provide volunteer t-shirts to justserve.
Moses H Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22,500 · through 2023Largest: $7,500 to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF WS IN — sponsorship sport a shirt share a night
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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 →