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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 “spectacle”
Where the money went
Largest: $54,959 to AARAMBH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY — this initiative establishes an optical dispensing units (odus) in the government hospitals ophthalmology department, thus bridging spectacle accessibility gap by upgrading governme…
Largest: $29,752 to SCHENKER INSTITUTE - SCHOLARSHIPS — overhead spectacles for astronauts
Largest: $55,000 to INTIMATE SPECTACLE THEATER COMPANY INC — support new theater
Largest: $100,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — spectacled bear community conservation initiative
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $149,000 · through 2023Largest: $77,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — to be split equally amongst the following animal interests: okapi, andean cat, cotton top tamarin, saiga, spectacled bear, dholes, macaws, soala, koala, and pangolin, sharks and wr…
Jeanne D'Arc Credit UnionLowell, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to SPECTACLE MANAGEMENT — contributions
Coleman Resid TwConshohocken, PA
2 matching grants · $21,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to BOSTON HARBOR NOW — spectacle on the harbor
Largest: $400,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — spectacled bear conservation challenge grant, northern peru
Eye of the Eagle Wildlife SanctuaryFort White, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $150,000 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network — in support of spectacle bear conservancy
Hamilton County Community FoundationFishers, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum — the stories behind the spectacle
Mission WildlifePoway, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $88,000 · through 2022Largest: $88,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network — for furthering the missions and providing support to spectacled bear conservation and hutan.
Largest: $20,000 to SPECTACLE SOCIETY LLC — expenses related to stated anticipated 2024 business budget items, including marketing and personnel.
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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 →