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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 “tangible”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
497 matching grants · $177.6M · through 2022Largest: $373,700 to Evans Scholars Foundation — support for green coat gala (no tickets or tangible benefits), general operating support, general operating support - per dunes club 2023 match play challenge campaign, support for…
The Houston Fund for Social JusticeHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
252 matching grants · $7.8M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to GARZA STUDIOS INCORPORATED — toward approved tangible assets described in open for business grant agreement
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $126,000 to STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION AKA UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVAN — baseball stadium renovations campaign. any benefits of tangible value are declined, such that the grant may be entirely charitable, the stephen and mary kay corbeil graduate assist…
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $765,172 to CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — general support in response to the fundraising efforts of the 2023 presidential scholarship luncheon - $10,000.00 -train partner sponsor. advisor waives all tangible benefits assoc…
American Society of Pain and NeurosciencCharleston, WVCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $53,500 · through 2025Largest: $19,500 to THE IRONMAN FOUNDATION — to support the mission of the ironman foundation to create a positive, tangible change in race communities. this includes healthy lifestyles to improve health and reduce the chance…
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to LOUISIANA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER — amounts provided were to further lcmc and lsu's partnership to provide patients with access to state-of-the art clinical services and clinical trials. these funds are to be used in…
Largest: $50,000 to ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS — support the academy to make a tangible difference to one of the world's greatest chamber orchestras
Largest: $6,000 to ROOT INTERNATIONAL — goods for the use of root intl tor tangible religious benefits
Springboard for the ArtsSaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $90,271 · through 2024Largest: $37,051 to TANGIBLE COLLECTIVE LLC — fiscal agent activity
Largest: $25,000 to OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT — to provide tangible signs of love in the piedmont triad of nc so that no children go to bed hungry.
Largest: $40,000 to COMMUNITY ONE INC — to transform the city of evansville by connecting and mobilizing people to serve one another through tangible acts of love
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $63,850 · through 2024Largest: $14,974 to FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — to maintain or enhance the facilities or the purchase or maintenance of furnishings, equipment, books or other tangible assets used for operations or ministry
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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 →