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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 “windows”
Where the money went
Largest: $175,000 to CAPE VERDEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — windows and doors
Largest: $60,000 to FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — restoration of fellowship house diamond-glass windows
Largest: $50,000 to WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — for wttw news
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $266,836 to Science Museum Of Minnesota — legacy grants for new windows, dakota collections exhibit, pederson excavation, and animal remains research
Largest: $175,000 to Window to the World Communications Inc — general, charitable, educational - lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival film
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2023Largest: $451,837 to Window to the World Communications Inc — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $137,000 · through 2024Largest: $23,000 to KATSBAAN REFORMED CHURCH — window restoration
Koch FoundationGainesville, FL
10 matching grants · $224,300 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to St Peter in Chains Church — to support the purchase of new windows
Largest: $16,500 to Lighthouse Baptist Fellowship — water treatment, restrooms, 9 windows, and 2 doors
Largest: $250,000 to Window to the World Communications — special projects
Largest: $289,902 to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — to capitalize on a meaningful window of policy opportunity, created by two recent rand reports and a new u.s. congress, to advance evidence-based policies that impact the most pres…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
9 matching grants · $264,415 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — in support of general operations
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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 →