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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 “sparta”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to SPARTA BOARD OF ED GERMAN DEPT — scholarship awards to german language students.
Friends of the Sparta Free LibrarySparta, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2025Largest: $1.2M to SPARTA FREE LIBRARY — library expansion
Largest: $38,800 to SPARTA 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — general operating
Sparta Education FoundationSparta, NJCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $311,405 · through 2024Largest: $165,639 to THE SPARTA TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS — grants were made to fund various projects throughout the school district.
Largest: $15,241 to GENERAL HOSPITAL OF SPARTA — general operating
John a Gizzio SrWest Chester, PA
3 matching grants · $166,700 · through 2024Largest: $59,000 to CAMP SPARTA INC — financial aid
Sparta Education FoundationSparta, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $128,029 · through 2024Largest: $43,614 to SPARTA AREA SCHOOLS — various programs
Grand Rapids Community FoundationGrand Rapids, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $100,400 · through 2024Largest: $42,000 to VILLAGE OF SPARTA — multiple grants awarded
The Illinois Critical Access HospitalPrinceton, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $98,271 · through 2024Largest: $52,028 to SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT — 24 ship, 24 flex grants, cardiovascular
Children IncorporatedNorth Chesterfield, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $70,873 · through 2024Largest: $25,258 to SPARTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — provides basic and health related needs such as clothing, shoes, food; educational needs such as materials and suppliesprovides basic and health related needs such as clothing, sho…
Largest: $5,000 to SPARTA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT — `general fund
Largest: $30,000 to SPARTA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — to test a summer literacy program.
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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 →