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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 “tinker”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — tinker field research collaborative
Largest: $2.2M to TINKER ISLAND FOUNDATION — general operating/annual support
Largest: $109,774 to INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED TINKERING — general operating purposes
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $312,617 · through 2024Largest: $168,886 to MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — event support: especially for you race against breast cancer, general support, hallmar village, innovation center (clavinova), general support for mmcf and general support for hosp…
Largest: $27,376 to THOMAS E E TINKER — assistance to retired
Community Foundation of Northern IlRockford, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $40,622 · through 2024Largest: $22,093 to TINKER SWISS COTTAGE MUSEUM — for purposes as specified in a grant application, fund agreement or gift instrument
Largest: $60,000 to CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE LOWCOUNTRY — to be distributed as the administrative staff determines, with areas of interest to the legacy foundation being the pop-up tinker shop materials and trailer, the new satellite loca…
Largest: $67,000 to LEWIS H LATIMER FUND — tinker lab summer programs gift
Largest: $35,000 to TOLEDO SCIENCE CENTER — toledo tinkers: through a child's eyes
Rutland HospitalRutland, VTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $72,439 · through 2023Largest: $36,894 to Social Tinkering Corp — comm health improvement
Largest: $20,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC — stem education - tinker & create
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)Atlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $31,018 · through 2023Largest: $16,514 to TINKER AFB YOUTH CENTER — support bgca program
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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 →