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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 “pencil”
Where the money went
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $551,500 · through 2024Largest: $6,500 to PENCIL — to utilize pencil's digital platform, pencil me in, to link community members with metro nashville public schools through volunteerism.
Largest: $10,000 to THE PENCIL BOX INC — general operating support
Largest: $80,000 to Pencil Inc — student education
Largest: $250,000 to PENCIL — reimagining community spaces in mnps
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $234,500 · through 2025Largest: $63,500 to PENCIL INC — community & human services
Dollar General Literacy FoundationGoodlettsville, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to PENCIL FOUNDATION — dg pencil box: provi
Largest: $50,000 to PENCIL TENNESSEE — to support regular operations in education
Largest: $76,100 to PENCIL INC — general operating support
Largest: $30,000 to PENCIL INC — support of the charitable purposes of this organization
Largest: $125,075 to PENCIL FOUNDATION — operations support
Largest: $20,000 to PENCIL FOUNDATION — general support for operations
United Way of Middle TennesseeNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $103,450 · through 2024Largest: $61,000 to PENCIL FOUNDATION — program opns (cif)
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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 →