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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 “spartan”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to MSU - Spartan Fund — to fund scholarship grants to worthy michigan residents
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA — spartan incubator 2023-2024
Fair Food NetworkDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to SPARTAN STORES LLC — fund double up food bucks-stores & mkts
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $565,000 · through 2022Largest: $45,000 to Michigan State University — $5,000: support for the spartan fund aa00; $5,000: support for the general university aka the essential edge msu's greatest needs fund a000, $5,000: support for the spartan fund aa…
Largest: $5,000 to GREENPOINT SPARTANS INC — community marketing grant
Mammoth Lakes TourismMammoth Lakes, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $866,816 · through 2024Largest: $491,816 to SPARTAN RACE INC — event grant funding
McLaren Greater LansingLansing, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2022Largest: $1.0M to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — spartans forward sponsorship
Largest: $10,750 to SPARTAN BOOSTER CLUB — youth programming
Largest: $10,000 to SPARTAN BOXING — general operating support.
Largest: $2,000 to SPARTAN FUND — general purpose contribution
Gregory Hugh Montgomery Jr Foundation for UltimateNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Michigan State Spartan Fund — student athlete mental wellness fund
The Oregon Community FoundationPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $125,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to Spartan Boxing Club — ost and mentoring
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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 →