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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 “windy”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to WINDY HILL FOUNDATION — rebuild tomorrow campaign
American ForestsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to Red Mtn Resource LLC — mcnally vegetation control project; francis meadow and aspen restoration and conifer removal project; cci_sqf and windy_spa project: planting on the castle and windy fire footprint…
Largest: $30,000 to CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN — windy city harvest
Largest: $20,000 to CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN — windy city harvest and veggierx
Largest: $10,000 to WINDY'S RESCUE — general operations
Largest: $100,000 to CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN — earmarked for windy city harvest program for urban gardens
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $985,184 · through 2022Largest: $5,750 to Local Media Foundation — general operating support, support for the windy city times nonprofit events and reporting fund
Local Media FoundationLake City, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $162,607 · through 2024Largest: $107,496 to LAMBDA PUBLICATIONS INCDBA WINDY CITY — stipends for journalism projects and technology upgrades for digital journalism
Largest: $4,000 to Windys Ranch and Rescue — potbelly pig rescue
Community Foundation of Northeast AlabamaAnniston, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $36,006 · through 2024Largest: $19,453 to Windy Van Hooten Teaching Garden — garden smoothie education project
Largest: $10,000 to CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN — windy city harvest
Largest: $10,000 to WINDY HILL FOUNDATION — to further charitable purpose
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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 →