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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 “shut”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to GILCHRIST SERVICES — fds for music therapy program for shut-in residents
Largest: $37,500 to FINNEY COUNTY SENIOR CENTER MEALS ON WHEELS — noon meals for shut-in elderly
Schuylkill United WayPottsville, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $82,880 · through 2024Largest: $22,000 to TAMAQUA AREA MEALS ON WHEELS — home delivered meals to shut ins
Largest: $400,000 to METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC — core support for underwriting the production of the revival of terence blanchard's "fire shut up in my bones"
Largest: $10,000 to Meals on Wheels — provides meals for shut-in elderlies
Largest: $10,000 to FLOW (FOR LOVE OF WATER) — developing a legal roadmap to shutting down line 5, providing crucial legal & scientific support to the effort to decommission the dual pipelines, located in open waters of the gre…
Largest: $105,000 to LUNCH BREAK — provide food to shut-ins & free clothing distribution.
Edmund W and Darlene L Braune Family FoundationDavenport, WA
4 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to Meals on Wheels Spokane — meals for elderly and shut-ins
Largest: $23,000 to MEALS ON WHEELS — support for programs to deliver meals to the elderly and shut ins and new kitchen
United Way of Smith CountyTyler, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $47,346 · through 2024Largest: $17,743 to MEALS ON WHEELS — feeding shut-ins
Largest: $10,500 to CRESTON AREA FOOD SHELF DBA CRESTON FOOD PANTRY INC — pre-k-12 grade backpack program, shut in bags and weekend bags for college students, holiday baskets for easter & christmas
Largest: $15,000 to JUBILEE ASSOCIATION — support for the preventing homelessness program, which provides one-time financial support for families in crisis to prevent their eviction or utility shut-offs while connecting fa…
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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 →