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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 “textile”
Where the money went
Goodwill Industries InternationalRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to GOODWILL IND OF THE VALLEYS INC — accenture clean tech 2023, google reinvest, lowes trade skills 2024, scsep py23, scsep gpms, scsep py24, terwilliger family foundation, uhc 2024, walmart textile recycling
Largest: $128,000 to Textile Center of Minnesota — for mcknight artist fellowships for midcareer fiber artists in minnesota
Largest: $50,000 to THE TEXTILE MUSEUM — the textile museum was given a donation to further public knowledge and appreciation of textiles and textile art.
Impact CharitableDenver, COCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $150,625 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to DIEDIE TEXTILE FARM — equitable and regenerative domestic fiber and textile industry
Largest: $810,000 to FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL TEXTILE ACADEMY OF BHUTAN — support program - weaving into the future
Largest: $600,000 to NORTH CAROLINA TEXTILE FOUNDATION — to advance textile industry education through wilson college of textiles, nc state universiy
Mz FoundationSan Francisco, CA
3 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.4M to CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL CO MARCUS BROTHERS TEXTILES #13-2992985 — fund distribution
Largest: $25,000 to THE TEXTILE MUSEUM — help with the costs of conservation of east asian, southeast asian, and south asian textiles to be showcased in the spring 2025 exhibition, "100 years of celebrating textile art"
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $226,763 · through 2024Largest: $92,175 to ST OLAF COLLEGE — legacy grant for cataloging textiles and 3d objects in the st. olaf college archives & special collections
Largest: $1.6M to ROYAL TEXTILE ACADEMY — program support
Nc State Investment FundRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $6.4M · through 2023Largest: $3.7M to NC STATE TEXTILE FOUNDATION INC — scholarships, faculty support, departmental support and facility support
Largest: $20,000 to TEXTILE CENTER OF MINNESOTA — general operating
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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 →