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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 “choir”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to RIDER UNIVERSITY - WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE — undergraduate scholar awards
Largest: $25,000 to EUGENE CONCERT CHOIR — two year operating support for choral organization supporting chorus, chamber choir, and orchestra groups
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
11 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2025Largest: $1.1M to NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR CORP — nurturing children-worship & prayer
Largest: $30,000 to MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH — for two year operating support (2023-2024)
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $114,454 · through 2024Largest: $27,890 to DALLAS STREET CHOIR — this grant is designated for general support.
Burton a Zipser and Sandra D ZipserFarmington Hills, MI
8 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2025Largest: $7,500 to DETROIT YOUTH CHOIR — to support research, performance, preservation of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of american music including neglected works of the past.
Madison Community FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $100,692 · through 2024Largest: $26,700 to MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS — amplifying every voicemadison youth choirs' proposed project, "amplifying every voice," is the next step in a long-term strategy begun in 2019 to interrogate aspects of our program…
Connecticut Humanities CouncilMiddletown, CTCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $81,100 · through 2022Largest: $21,100 to FAIRFIELD COUNTY CHILDREN'S CHOIR — ct cultural fund ope
Largest: $25,000 to FORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S CHOIR — scholarship support for participants
Largest: $50,000 to TACOMA REFUGEE CHOIR — general operating
Largest: $75,000 to Houston Chamber Choir — project support for capacity strengthening activities
Fritz B Burns FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
6 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to One Voice Children's Choir — contribution is to a charity exempt under section 501(c)(3) which is not a private foundation. contribution is to provide funding for platforms and wireless choir microphones.
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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 →