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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “whirlpool”
Where the money went
Whirlpool FoundationBenton Harbor, MI
7 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $475,000 to WHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND — whirlpool charity
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $749,945 · through 2025Largest: $225,350 to UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — general support, matching grant-whirlpool, for boys & girls club of bh
Largest: $10,000 to WHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND — aiding in the betterment of childrens academics, health & wellness.
Largest: $20,000 to Whirlpool Collective Impact Fund — general program support
Niagara Power CoalitionNiagara Falls, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $535,000 · through 2022Largest: $535,000 to CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS — whirlpool commons plaza - aquarium and tatler
Largest: $18,500 to UNITED PIONEER HOME INC — one-time grant to fund the purchase of a whirlpool tub and a patient lift
Largest: $12,500 to GORDON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — new whirlpool bathtub for nursing home
Largest: $15,000 to WHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND — general & unrestricted
The Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesHarrisburg, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,800 · through 2022Largest: $6,800 to DICKINSON COLLEGE — for the mcandrews fund for athletics: whirlpool donation
Largest: $5,000 to COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS INC — aging whirlpool
Largest: $100,000 to YMCA OF WASHINGTON IOWA — the ymca of washington county indoor aquatic center will be a 12,440 square foot addition onto the new ymca facility built in 2020. the indoor aquatic center will include a 3,500 s…
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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 →

