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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 “fairs”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,750 to ORANGE COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC — fair sponsorship/broadcom coding with commitment
Largest: $1.0M to FAIR COUNT INC — core support for the defending american values coalition, which seeks to promote fairness and inclusion among american institutions
Tennessee Association of FairsFayetteville, TNCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2022Largest: $20,959 to SMITH COUNTY FAIR — promote county fairs
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
53 matching grants · $13.7M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — support equitable access to democratic participation and fair allocation of public resources by ensuring that the american community survey and census data is high quality and fair…
Smcu Community FundRedwood City, CACharity · may take applications
70 matching grants · $700,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to JZPRA LLC DBA LA CASITA CHILANGA — to provide assistance to businesses located in north fair oaks, ca
Largest: $750,000 to NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE — 80697 general operating support for the national fair housing alliance, 2023-2025
North Carolina Association ofAngier, NCCharity · may take applications
56 matching grants · $754,138 · through 2024Largest: $16,866 to CHOWAN COUNTY REGIONAL FAIR — agri awareness, educ
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to ONE FAIR WAGE ACTION INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $22.6M · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to BlackFem Inc — support to make wealth building opportunities fair and equal for black women nationally through research, engagement, training and capacity building techniques.
Largest: $539,476 to LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — the theory of algorithmic fairness
Largest: $1.2M to FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US — (1) description: 17,870 shares of costar group, inc. securities (2) book value: $1,150,864 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securiti…
Largest: $4,000 to MILLS COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION FREE FAIR — member co-op matches
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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 →