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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.
4 funders with a record of paying for “willsboro”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to TOWN OF WILLSBORO — to support the acquisition of additional park land on willsboro point
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $42,500 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST — for the benefit of stewardship endowment on the weaver farm project in willsboro
Consortium for Educ ExcellenceEssex, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $53,100 · through 2024Largest: $29,200 to WILLSBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT — gear up program implementation
Largest: $22,500 to WILLSBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL — backpack program/green team initiative/maker's space/adirondack adventure club
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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 →