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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 “weaving”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER — core support for the constellations cultural change fund & initiative, a three-year grassroots, practitioner-led fund at the intersection of arts, culture, and social justice, supp…
Largest: $810,000 to FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL TEXTILE ACADEMY OF BHUTAN — support program - weaving into the future
Largest: $430,313 to NEW VENTURE FUND — 79285 supporting the narrative initiative in weaving narrative power with other social-movement strategies to achieve long-term equity and social justice
Largest: $150,000 to Narrative Initiative — narrative initiative network weaving
Dignity Community CarePhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $260,000 · through 2024Largest: $70,000 to WEAVE INC — community health
United Way California CapitalSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $171,643 · through 2024Largest: $49,006 to WEAVE INC — for the operation and maintenance of this organization.
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $130,933 · through 2024Largest: $47,600 to WEAVING EARTH INC — for general operating support
Largest: $514,712 to The Aspen Institute Inc — to bring weave: the social fabric project to northwest arkansas.
Largest: $16,000 to WEAVE COMMUNITY INC — to support programs working toward a more inclusive and socially just society
Largest: $11,000 to HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER INC — unrestricted general
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
2 matching grants · $20.0M · through 2025Largest: $19.0M to ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — weave: the social fabric project
Largest: $75,000 to INTERWINE ARTS INC — to support the organization's mission to inspire creativity, joy, and self-confidence through free-form weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness.
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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 →