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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 “spire”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to SPIRE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE — season support
Largest: $10,000 to SPIRE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY — spire society
Largest: $2.5M to SPIRE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY PBC — create novel technology platform capabilities
Largest: $6,000 to SPIRE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE — small arts grant - general operating support
Kansas Health FoundationWichita, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Spire Chamber Ensemble — this funding provides core support to spire chamber ensemble as it works toward its mission to inspire, educate, and enrich the kansas city metropolitan community through the trans…
Metropolitan Arts Council ofKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $17,000 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to SPIRE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE — financial support
Largest: $3,500 to SPIRES BRASS BAND INC — abraham lincoln: music and dance of his time program
Largest: $1,250 to Northwestern Michigan College — scholarship for dezirea spires
New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH — phased spire restoration
Davis Family FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Readfield Union Meeting House Company — restoration of readfield union meeting house clock tower, belfry & spire - phase 1
Largest: $2,500 to EPSILON SPIRES INC — performance underwriting
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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 →