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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 “shoes”
Where the money went
Children IncorporatedNorth Chesterfield, VACharity · may take applications
288 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $25,258 to SPARTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — provides basic and health related needs such as clothing, shoes, food; educational needs such as materials and suppliesprovides basic and health related needs such as clothing, sho…
Masonic Home of MissouriColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $244,119 · through 2024Largest: $9,432 to SHOE CARNIVAL — assisted 319 children by providing shoes.
Largest: $10,502 to GOODIE TWO SHOES — program support
Shoes and Clothes for KidsCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $32,625 · through 2023Largest: $6,125 to MURTIS TAYLOR — to improve k-8 attendance by eliminating lack of clothing, shoes & school supplies as barriers.
Largest: $2,000 to EAST ELEMENTARY — clothing and shoes for nominated children in need
The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
7 matching grants · $268,500 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to SHOES THAT FIT — toward an upgraded warehouse management system and customized order management system
Largest: $80,000 to SHOES THAT FIT — shoes for los angeles children
Largest: $15,000 to OPERATION WARM INC — to serve 300 early-childhood aged children in the hazelwood community of pittsburgh with coats, shoes, and socks (two pairs of socks per pair of shoes have been newly added for 202…
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $72,250 · through 2024Largest: $12,500 to DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — tp provide food, coats, shoes, and school supplies for our deerfield students that are in need.
Largest: $60,000 to SHOES THAT FIT — provide 2000 pairs of shoes for children
Journey for Good FoundationBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2025Largest: $45,000 to SHOES THAT FIT — to tackle one of the most visible signs of poverty by giving children in need new athletic shoes to attend school with dignity and joy
Largest: $25,256 to SHOES THAT FIT — shoes and clothing for indigent school children.
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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 →