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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 “sidewalk”
Where the money went
Largest: $5.0M to TOWN OF VIENNA — maud robinson trust sidewalk fund
Largest: $100,000 to CITY OF PEOSTA — kelly oaks park encompasses 17 acres of the northeast portion of peosta with a disc golf course being the current primary feature of this mostly undeveloped parkland. the city inte…
The Ariel FoundationMount Vernon, OH
5 matching grants · $132,736 · through 2023Largest: $58,825 to CITY OF MOUNT VERNON — tree removal & associated sidewalk repair 2022
Largest: $25,000 to SIDEWALK WARRIORS - TROY — sidewalk warriors - troy distributions
Largest: $50,000 to SIDEWALK DETROIT — sidewalk detroit international artist residency program: spatial equity interventions in public space with jordan weber and yinka lori
Largest: $77,500 to SIDEWALK ADVOCATES FOR LIFE — train, equip, and support communities in sidewalk advocacy
Largest: $190,000 to THE FAMILY YMCA — camp lakeside contributions for sidewalks, pool, and chapel fund, wheelchair basketball
Largest: $15,000 to Sidewalk Film Center — to support organization
Largest: $18,750 to SIDEWALK DETROIT — program support
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $125,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to SIDEWALK DETROIT — sidewalk detroit will implement work as detailed in the accepted grant proposal,exploring issues of spatial equity that the organization has intersected with, and subsequently expa…
Largest: $10,000 to SIDEWALK FILM CENTER AND CINEMA — general operating
Largest: $250,000 to SIDEWALK DETROIT — discretionary grants
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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 →