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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 “stain”
Where the money went
New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $127,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — site drainage upgrades and foundation repairs stained glass restoration
Largest: $68,768 to CLOVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — restore and preserve historic stained glass windows and fire alarm system
Largest: $5,925 to RICKY STAINS — post-high school scholarship
Historic Hawai'I FoundationHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $120,000 · through 2023Largest: $76,895 to MOANALUA COMMUNITY CHURCH — restoration of stained glass windows
Baton Rouge Area FoundationBaton Rouge, LACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $390,189 to ST JOSEPH CATHEDRAL — to support the music program, to support maintenance and beautification of the cathedral, for restoration of stained glass windows in church
Largest: $250,000 to BELMONT CHAPEL FOUNDATION — restoration of the stained glass window christ blessing the children, interior walls restoration
Largest: $20,000 to CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE — stained glass window in chapel
Largest: $150,000 to ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH — stained glass restoration
Largest: $10,000 to BLOOMVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — stained glass windows
Largest: $75,000 to COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — stained glass window fund
Largest: $53,000 to SAINT LEOS CATHOLIC CHURCH — stained glass windows & newman cente
Koch FoundationGainesville, FL
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to HOLY SPIRIT PARISH A PENNSYLVANIA CHARITABLE TRUST — to support repairs to stain glass windows
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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 →