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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 “vibrancy”
Where the money went
The Community FoundationRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
467 matching grants · $24.5M · through 2024Largest: $721,775 to VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION — community vibrancy
Cincinnati USA Regional ChamberCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $19.9M · through 2024Largest: $7.8M to CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER — to support cincinnati festivals and events, regional workforce innitiatives, and grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.
Largest: $1.8M to COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — project support grant to contribute to the vibrancy of detroit communities by providing critical support to individual artists in the tri-county region.
Largest: $500,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY — to support the community foundation of new jersey in managing the 2026 prudential community grants program that provides microgrants to local organizations, residents, and small bu…
Largest: $500,000 to SAINT PAUL DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE — to leverage american rescue plan act dollars to support the expansion of st. paul's recently established downtown improvement district, which will significantly contribute to the c…
Largest: $150,000 to JEWISH NEVADA — to engage the community to invest, enrich, and ensure the vibrancy and the continuity of jewish life in nevada, israel and around the world.
Largest: $12.8M to Foundation for the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation — to support the expansion of michigan state university's downtown flint campus footprint for additional public health expertise and enhanced vibrancy of the health and wellness dist…
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2023Largest: $3.5M to Achieving The Dream Inc — actualizing community vibrancy metrics evaluating digital pathways transformation cohort of rural community colleges from opening doors to ushering in- strategic enrollment managem…
Mid Atlantic ArtsBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $37,690 · through 2024Largest: $26,370 to CENTER FOR CULTURAL VIBRANCY TOTAL — performing arts presenting and touring;
Largest: $100,000 to NORTH CAROLINA FOLK FESTIVAL — to honor, celebrate and share the meaningful ways in which communities express their creativity and cultural traditions through music, dance, food, crafts and other folk arts to en…
Largest: $5,000 to ARTS NOW — to support the organization's mission of supporting and strengthening summit county, ohio's economic and social vibrancy.
Largest: $50,000 to Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra MSO — mso reaches out to diverse audiences through concert performances, education and outreach programs to comfort, educate, entertain and exhilarate the human soul through events of cu…
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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 →