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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 “storied”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to STORIES OF US INC — core support for the public exhibition of the stories of us sculptures in new york city
United Way of Story CountyAmes, IACharity · may take applications
87 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2024Largest: $73,040 to STORY TIME CHILDCARE CENTER — to support the operations of story county community agencies
Largest: $100,000 to UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC — supporting health equity in california through digital engagement: to educate immigrant communities on critical issues affecting them by highlighting the stories of queer and trans…
Story County Housing TrustWest Des Moines, IACharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $16,000 to CITY OF STORY CITY — to support the operations of story county community housing agencies
Largest: $1.1M to CENTER FOR STORY BASED STRATEGY — 82094 using a narrative and story-based strategy to transform cultural mindsets on families, children, and caregiving to address structural inequities
Largest: $30,000 to USC SHOAH FOUNDATION - INST FOR VIS — preserve stories of survivors and witnesses of the shoah for research and education
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2023Largest: $83,750 to Serendipity Theatre Company DBA 2nd Story — general operating support, systems of care: a training and onboarding program for 2nd story teaching artists.
Largest: $225,000 to EVHybridNoire — for general operating support, and to connect state and federal decisionmakers and lift up stories from the midwest
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
23 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2022Largest: $581,820 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI — expand reporting and investigative journalism through building capacity, training, and networking of traditional and emerging newsrooms in mississippi on how to collect, report, an…
Largest: $359,890 to KABOOM INC — playful learning story trails
Largest: $20,000 to GREATER PHILADELPHIA FILM OFFICE - FISCAL SPONSOR FOR TRADING STORIES) — to support aaron brokenbough's film trading stories.
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $544,652 · through 2024Largest: $178,948 to HEARTLAND SENIOR SERVICES OF STORY COUNTY — grant distribution
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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 →