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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 “smithson”
Where the money went
Largest: $27,264 to MISSOURI BAR FOUNDATION — smithson award fund
Largest: $7,000 to JAMES SMITHSON SOCIETY — activities of the organization to which money was donated
Largest: $31,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — james smithson society support
Largest: $2,500 to James Smithson Society — for the worlds largest museum, education, and research complex, with 19 museums and the national zooshaping the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sh…
Largest: $3,500 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE — to fun organization's programs - to fund james smithson society
Largest: $2,500 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — james smithson society 2023
50canWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $458,640 · through 2024Largest: $266,800 to SMITHSON CRIAGHEAD ACADEMY AKA PROJECT REFLECT INC — to support summer boost
Midway USA FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22,223 · through 2024Largest: $7,831 to SMITHSON VALLEY AG BOOSTER CLUB — to fund youth shooting sports
Cvs FoundationWoonsocket, RI
4 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $3,000 to SMITHSON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL BASPRING BRANCH TX — volunteer challenge grants
Largest: $125,000 to Holt Smithson Foundation — support for an art exhibition
Largest: $2,000 to Brooke Smithson — college tuition contribution
Largest: $19,800 to SITE SANTA FE — to support community-engaged programming for the site sante fe exhibition of macarthur fellow teresita fernandez (2005) and robert smithson. other participating fellows include rav…
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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 →