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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 “vibrant”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.4M to FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS — vibrant economies
Largest: $300,000 to The Trust for Public Land — to advance regional competitiveness by creating vibrant neighborhoods through equitable parks-centric urban redevelopment
Largest: $10.1M to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — a private research university with more than 16,000 students from around the world, the university of miami is a vibrant and diverse academic community focused on teaching and lear…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
9 matching grants · $7.9M · through 2024Largest: $5.7M to BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS — continue improving educational experiences and outcomes for all battle creek public school students increasing student achievement and recruitment/retention of high quality impactf…
Largest: $400,000 to SMART GROWTH AMERICA — this project grant supports smart growth america to partner with community-based organizations to address the impacts of climate change on their communities and to ensure that resi…
Health Forward FoundationKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to TURNER HOUSE CLINIC INC DBA VIBRANT HEALTH — vibrant health: community anchor & trusted connector
Largest: $282,952 to SPUR — this grant builds on spurs prior work in the guadalupe river park and intersects to parallel grants with the city of san jose and the guadalupe river park conservancy. spur staff w…
Largest: $200,000 to FREEDOM FOR IMMIGRANTS — general operating support: to support an organization that promotes healthy, vibrant and empowered immigrant communities by working to protect and expand strategies to advance immi…
Largest: $53,600 to MOSDOT TIFERET SHIMON — to provide leadership necessary to create a strong, collaborative and vibrant jewish community.
Largest: $350,000 to PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP — for initiatives to create cleaner, safer, and more vibrant streets and public spaces in downtown pittsburgh
Largest: $500,000 to THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC — core support for the new deal ticket initiative to build a vibrant and diverse young audience and develop new generations of theatergoers
Largest: $250,000 to VIBRANT HAWAII — to support the general operations of this organization which helps connect the citizens of hawaii with the resources available to them. this grant is in response to the current fir…
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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 →