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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 “vacant”
Where the money went
Sf New DealSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $383,600 · through 2024Largest: $42,000 to Excelsior Action Group — activating vacant lots
Largest: $141,500 to ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST — to support resilient urban neighborhoods and a climate-focused region by collaboratively and inclusively working with community stakeholders to of transform vacant and blighted pro…
Lewis County Development CorporationLowville, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $642,792 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to MCREZ PACKING INTERNATIONAL — participation in vacant property revitalization grant program.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2022Largest: $500,000 to Reclaiming Chicago NFP — to transform at least 1,000 vacant lots into affordable, quality homes for working-class families in chicago.
Largest: $125,000 to REBUILD METRO INC — to support this organization in developing recommendations for reducing vacant properties throughout the city.
Largest: $500,000 to CENTER FOR LAND REFORM — 79807 supporting the national land bank network in advancing racially equitable outcomes in the reuse of vacant, deteriorated land for community benefit
Largest: $50,000 to BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — community development: invest in vacant and abandoned properties -whole blocks, not just individual houses - with quality, mixed-income housing without displacing current residents…
Largest: $100,000 to African Economic Development Solutions — to redevelop a vacant commercial property in the little africa cultural district to include a halal meat market and grocery, retail space and community spaces, and aeds offices
Largest: $252,420 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — to conduct a ten-year follow-up study of a 2013 randomized control trial on vacant lot greening in philadelphia, pennsylvania.
Largest: $900,000 to Communities First Inc — to support the improvement of vacant and abandoned properties for neighborhood development and restabilization.
Largest: $150,000 to BRILLIANT DETROIT — elevate prize program - to support repurposing vacant houses into vibrant community centers
Largest: $5,000 to BLACK WOMEN BUILD BALTIMORE — home ownership initiative working with black women to rehabilitate vacant and deteriorated
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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 →