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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 “walls”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to Wall K — educational scholarship
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $234,000 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to CEREBRAL PALSY KIDS CENTER — $16,000.00 for any item on grant list - universal exercise unit with accessories, rock climbing wall panels, rock climbing wall strengthening kits, wall ladders, dynamic movement i…
Largest: $15,000 to Charles Pankow Foundation — rga 06-16 seismic and wind behavior and design of coupled cf-cpsw core walls for steel buildings: a new composite shear wall system is being explored in this ground-breaking resear…
Historic Hawai'I FoundationHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $349,650 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to PAPAE O HULEIA — stabilize and restore 300 feet of kuapa (fishpond wall).
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $693,785 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES — legacy grant for reinforcement and rehabilitation of roof, skylights, cornice and balustrade, and parapet wall at 25 w superior st, duluth
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $750,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to WITHOUT WALLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — program - for general support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $355,250 · through 2023Largest: $106,000 to Advancing the Gospel in Angola Inc — support of projects in angola: kavango scholarships, x-ray tech training, istel scholarships and security wall, ceml imaging equipment and benevolent fund, co connection, chimbanda…
Largest: $300,000 to The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp — program support for the hole in the wall gang camps hospital outreach program hop and parent and
Largest: $546,985 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — tethered capsule endomicroscopy for detailed visualization of the crohn's bowel wall
Largest: $75,000 to HOLE IN THE WALL GANG CAMP — enable donee to continue exempt function
Largest: $8,000 to BEYOND WALLS INC — beyond walls street art tour 2024
Largest: $40,000 to HOLE IN THE WALL GANG CAMP — for general operating support.
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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 →