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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 “surround”
Where the money went
The Indianapolis Colts FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
96 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS CORP — to follow foundation's mission to create motivational and educational opportunities for youth and families throughout the state of indiana and surrounding communities.
Largest: $3,000 to KENNADY PERRENOUD — scholarship for attending college in montana or the surrounding states.
Largest: $100,000 to UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS FOUNDATIO — support surrounding communities
Society of St Vincent Depaul of KenoshaKenosha, WICharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $80,089 to ST MARY'S — donations to local churches who run food pantries and help underpriviledged members of the surrounding community
Largest: $25,000 to PROVIDENCE CENTER — to support the organization in activities that improve the health and well-being in the surrounding communities, thereby creating conditions which enable people to thrive.
Largest: $250,000 to SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION — to expand a community network of care for the low-income, uninsured in spartanburg and surrounding counties.
E Kneale Dockstader FoundationWest Grove, PACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $195,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to BRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE — to promote and engage in charitable, scientific, and educational activitiesto enhance and optimize the environment surrounding.
Largest: $82,000 to GENTE ORGANIZADA — general operating support: to support an organization that brings together generations to access, build, and wield their collective poweris integral to reducing educational, econom…
Largest: $1.0M to PARKS AND PEOPLE FOUNDATION — to support the creation of cecil community park, which will serve as a community health hub for the surrounding neighborhood and an outdoor education space for students at cecil el…
Pacific Western FoundationSouth Pasadena, CA
19 matching grants · $24,000 · through 2024Largest: $3,000 to PROVINCE OF THE WEST - SOCIETY OF JESUS — provide healthcare and spiritual services to the surrounding community
Largest: $156,000 to BATEMAN BAPTIST CHURCH — furtherance of the christian faith and ministry to the surrounding community
Largest: $1.4M to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS NEVADA — to help surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. to fund the western-nevada affiliate.
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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 →