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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 “maintenance”
Where the money went
United Way California CapitalSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
394 matching grants · $29.8M · through 2024Largest: $6.6M to UWCCR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS DESIGNATED TO AGENCIES BY DONORS DIRECTLY — for the operation and maintenance of this organization.
National Arbor Day FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
329 matching grants · $17.1M · through 2024Largest: $218,752 to TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION — encourage and facilitate the adoption of leading-edge practices in municipal forests including inventory, planting, maintenance and education.encourage and facilitate the adoption …
Vt Association of Snow TravelersBarre, VTCharity · may take applications
115 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $69,333 to WOODFORD SNOBUSTERS INC — trail maintenance
The Catholic Foundation for theCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
81 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $82,182 to Mount Calvary Cemetery Association — for the perpetual care, maintenance and repair of mt. calvary cemetery, dubuque, iowa
American TrailsRedding, CACharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $101,993 to WOOD RIVER TRAILS COALITION — trail maintenance
North Carolina Alliance of YmcasRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $11.7M · through 2025Largest: $1.3M to YMCA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE — deferred maintenance projects
Largest: $605,000 to ASPIRATION — to support research on the building, deployment, and maintenance of open digital infrastructure
The Philadelphia FoundationPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $4.8M to STC OPCP LLC DBA ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — upkeep, maintenance & operations
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $7.3M · through 2023Largest: $2.4M to University of Utah — support for red butte garden and arboretum as follows: a minimum of $25,000 for maintenance and upkeep of the water conservation garden. support for school programs manager salary …
Largest: $5,031 to SAMFORD UNIVERSITY — hilda hicks scholarship in german studies & maintenance of services
Largest: $24,000 to Bais Shmuel — synagogue maintenance
Sioux Falls Area Community FoundationSioux Falls, SDCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.6M to CITY OF SIOUX FALLS — aquatic center, municipal band support, maintenance and improvements to city parks, bike trail expansion
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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 →