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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 “groove”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to THE TROY ANDREWS FOUNDATION — the zankel music fund is bestowing a "sharing in the groove" - support of "culturing experiences"
Largest: $65,000 to GROOVE WITH ME — general operations
Telluride Mountain Village OwnersMountain Village, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $77,349 · through 2024Largest: $35,174 to BEYOND THE GROOVE - CLUB RED — sponsorship for community events
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2021Largest: $50,000 to The Beyond the Groove Foundation — in support of the beyond the groove foundation for the chosen few picnic and festival
Largest: $10,000 to New Groove Performing Arts — support local arts
Largest: $5,000 to GROOVE WITH ME INC — trustee grant - general operating support
New ProfitBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $202,500 · through 2023Largest: $102,500 to MOVES AND GROOVES — program expansion
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to MOVES & GROOVES INC — moves and grooves x head middle magnet
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $110,000 · through 2023Largest: $80,000 to WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC — advised - to support florence from ohio. advised - for the charm city national outreach campaign. advised - for support of taking the groove back.
Largest: $10,000 to ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY — sunshine groove patron
Maryland Humanities CouncilBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to GROOVE CITY BLACK HERITAGE & CULTURE GROUP INC — shine operating grants
Largest: $8,000 to GROOVE NYC — community charity
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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 →