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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 “turf”
Where the money went
Largest: $35,000 to TALL TURF MINISTRIES — family life center carpet
Largest: $362,500 to PACELLI CATHOLIC SCHOOL — scholarships and turf
Orange County Community FoundationIrvine, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $73,600 · through 2024Largest: $33,600 to SURF AND TURF THERAPY — human services
Arvest FoundationBentonville, AR
4 matching grants · $52,800 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Shawnee Community Foundation — for shawnee public schools, and their new turf on their football field.
MentorsIncline Village, NV
2 matching grants · $50,600 · through 2025Largest: $15,600 to SURF AND TURF THERAPY — surf and turf therapy, 6 36-week horsemanship scholarships for low-income students
Largest: $89,819 to TOWN OF KENSINGTON — field and turf cleaning and maintenance and pavilion and concession lighting and maintenance
Largest: $9.0M to Brown University — turf field house
Midwest Regional Turf FoundationWest Lafayette, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $151,426 · through 2024Largest: $52,000 to PURDUE UNIVERSITY — turf center support
Cdv5 FoundationGrand Rapids, MI
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to TALL TURF MINISTRIES — general operating
Largest: $30,000 to TALL TURF MINISTRIES — general operating
Largest: $25,000 to PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT — additional support of plesant hill school district's 2024 track & turf replacement project
Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $891,950 · through 2022Largest: $124,099 to JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE — center for community studies and turf field project
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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 →