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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 “updates”
Where the money went
Largest: $442,640 to MINNESOTA U OF — 80970 updating and expanding state health compare's data tool and website and continuing support for a subset of culture of health measures, 2023-2025
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $443,541 · through 2024Largest: $33,812 to PEARSON LAKES ART CENTER — art smart updates
The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS
22 matching grants · $9.4M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to COSMOSPHERE — gallery and exhibit updates
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $63,714 to LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN MATEO COUNTY — restoring trust: public charge guide update and dissemination; keepyourbenefits website and guide updates and maintenance
Largest: $200,000 to ST PHILIP'S SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER — to update the hvac across campus
Market Lubbock Economic DevelopmentLubbock, TXCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to DIXIE PARTNERS II LP — to assist with costs of building updates and renovations.
Lost Tree Village Charitable FoundationNorth Palm Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $883,530 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Center for Child Counseling Inc — for updated technology to continue to help build the foundation for healthy, resilient children and families through aces (adverse childhood experiences) aware and trauma-informed …
Largest: $35,000 to North Central Arkansas Chamber Foundation — to be used for exterior signage updates for the mountain home area chamber of commerce, included, but not limited to, is a new digital marquee
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $748,999 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to Town of Farmington NH — to update its stormwater drainage study
Catholic Community FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $584,612 · through 2024Largest: $210,497 to ST JEROME SCHOOL — program support, education programs, tuition assistance, updating front office space, professional development
Triangle Education FoundationPlainfield, INCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $559,558 to ILLINOIS HOUSE LLC — purchase, updating and furnishing of educational space in chapter facility.
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $242,487 · through 2024Largest: $7,982 to Kit NA Brewing Inc — as more craft non-alcoholic beers enter an increasingly competitive marketplace, kit na brewing needs an updated packaging identity system to solidify its seat on the shelf as a le…
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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 →