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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 “surplus”
Where the money went
Porsche Club of AmericaColumbia, MDCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $413,776 · through 2024Largest: $11,788 to FOUNDERS' REGION POTOMAC PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA — surplus funds
American Institute of Mining MetallurgicalSan Ramon, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to Society of Petroleum Engineers — offshore technology conference surplus share grant, endowment fund grants (mudd, douglas library, hayden, smith scholarships, doherty, and aime petroleum research funds)
Largest: $20,000 to Northern Nevada HOPES — surplus funding for 2025
Road Runners Club of AmericaPortland, MECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $119,907 · through 2025Largest: $32,000 to Locker Project — to collect, process and distribute surplus food to those suffering food insecurity.
Largest: $75,000 to AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC — charitable contribution - improve global health by rescuing surplus medical supplies and delivering them to underserved and compromised health systems around the world.
Mid-Peninsula Country HillsFoster City, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $858,537 to MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION — transferred surplus cash approved by calhfa to midpen housing corporation
Largest: $2,500 to ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — surplus food collection/distribution
San Veron Park CorporationFoster City, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $893,503 · through 2024Largest: $308,752 to MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION — transfer of cash surplus to support the organization's exempt purpose.
Largest: $800,000 to Texas Children's Hospital — contribution made to texas children's hospital, which is a charitable, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. all surplus funds generated at the organization are reinvested to pro…
Thomas B Fordham FoundationBurke, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $56,000 · through 2024Largest: $16,000 to ReGeneration Schools Ohio — tbf sponsorship surplus at fy end.
Saratoga CourtFoster City, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $416,616 · through 2024Largest: $171,387 to MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION — transfer of cash surplus to support the organization's exempt purpose.
Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL — to lead the safe, effective and efficient collection and distribution of surplus nutritious food in israel, to those who need it.
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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 →