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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 “silver”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to INGRID DRAKE ROWLAND — silvers writers grant
West Bend Community FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $319,400 · through 2024Largest: $34,900 to BRYON RIESCH PARALYSIS FOUNDATION INC — silver circle donation request on behalf of r&r insurance
Largest: $2,000 to A Silver Lining Foundation — barbara berendt's board of director grant to a silver lining foundation for mammography services in recognition of a silver lining foundation's ongoing help for the many people who…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $10.1M · through 2022Largest: $1.4M to ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — general operating support, luminary society contribution, support for school of the art institute of chicago: new artists society/annual fund, support for women's board, support fo…
United Way of Greater Milwaukee &Milwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $622,349 to SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — community food bank,youth social development,elaine schreiber child development center,donor designations,community schools
Largest: $1,000 to PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — 28th annual scholarship gala, 6/5/2024, silver page ad sponsorship
Largest: $315,000 to CITY & COUNTY OF BUTTE-SILVER BOW - STODDEN PARK — stodden park revitalization
Arts and Humanities Council of MontgomerSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $387,387 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE INC DBA AFI SILVER THEATRE & CULTURAL CENTER — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to REAL TALK MENTORING — 2024 - silver sponsorship donation
Largest: $15,000 to SOUTH BAY CENTER FOR COUNSELING — silver sponsorship strength based community change sbccs 50th anniversary
Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $44,400 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to University of Memphis Alumni — silver sponsorship
Largest: $70,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK — zelda foster msw fellowship at nyu silver school of social work
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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 →