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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 “smithsonian”
Where the money went
Largest: $8.0M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — to support launch of the global geo-trees initiative for tropical forests, which will create a high-resolution carbon biomass verification system based on a worldwide network of fo…
Largest: $150,000 to Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum — home: smithsonian design triennial
Largest: $1.1M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — to support professional practice fellowships through the smithsonian latino center
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
12 matching grants · $71.6M · through 2025Largest: $12.0M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — study of african amer rel life ctr
Largest: $400,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — support smithsonian tropical research institute, agua salud research, and core support-levinson
Largest: $204,930 to SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM AND THE RENWICK GALLERY — art education
Largest: $1.0M to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — core support for the smithsonian rural initiative
Largest: $50,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — smithsonian tropical research institute
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $342,500 to Smithsonian Institution — support for the latino gallery of the smithsonian latino center. support for the smithsonian science education center. support for the smithsonian american art museum/ margaret rob…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $480,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE — community outreach & enrichment programs
Largest: $5,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — in support of smithsonian national air and space museum
Largest: $135,124 to SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM — funding a fellowship in native american art
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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 →