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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 “store”
Largest: $70,000 to BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO — store manager grant
Fair Food NetworkDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
367 matching grants · $18.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to SPARTAN STORES LLC — fund double up food bucks-stores & mkts
The Jcpenney FoundationPlano, TXCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $324,716 · through 2023Largest: $12,888 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA — a jcpenney store general manager or district manager selects a local nonprofit partner to receive a leader grant generated by funds collected by customer round up in the store.
Sage BionetworksSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $895,915 · through 2024Largest: $251,814 to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — phase 1 and 2: recover mobile health platform/mobile health repositories working group: develop process for mhp to collect pasc related mobile health data from participants and sha…
The Food TrustPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $965,300 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to SALEM'S MARKET CENTRE AVE LLC — to support grocery store expansion in providing fresh foods to local community
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $953,094 · through 2023Largest: $173,333 to Abierto Networks LLC — our innovative and added value service entails marketing and bringing value to a newly developed lg transparent led thin film targeted at the digital display needs of convenience s…
Raleigh Civic VenturesRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $135,737 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to SWEET WC LLC — store front upfit grant
Largest: $221,250 to SUNNYSIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — free store of kalamazoo and chuma
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $162,678 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to HIGHLAND PARK CHURCH — for the last minute toy store with love and support from jelly roll and the buddy deford fund.
Detroit Economic Growth AssociationDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $139,797 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to THE TOWN COMPANIES LLC — grocery store fund
Pennsylvania Cdfi NetworkPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $77,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to GROCERIES STORE PRODUCE & MARKET — covid relief grant
The Sprouts Healthy CommunitiesPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to SLOW FOOD DENVER — store 325 -benefitting clayton elementary school,store 314-benefitting valdez elementary school
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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 →