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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 “seasonal”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE (HARRIMAN-JEWELL SERIES) — 2025/2026 season support recognized through season sponsorship
Largest: $40,000 to COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE OF JACKSON COUNTY — direct assistance to people in need during the christmas season
Largest: $200,000 to PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC — general operating support for the 2024-2025 new york city season
Largest: $800,000 to KANSAS CITY BALLET — general operating support for 2022-23 season
Bristol Bay Economic Development CorpDillingham, AKCharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2023Largest: $909,586 to TWIN HILLS VILLAGE COUNCIL — economic development, bsai commercial fisheries interests, promotion of programs, and seasonal employment
The Cullen Trust for the Performing ArtsHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to Houston Ballet Foundation — support for the 2024-2025 season and the little mermaid
Largest: $35,062 to NORTHWEST HARVEST E M M — to support the spirit of 12 program (2023 season)
Largest: $125,000 to ANCHORAGE OPERA — 2024-25 season support
George S and Dolores DoreSalt Lake City, UT
39 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to UTAH SYMPHONY UTAH OPERA — designated for the us|uo 2023-24 season sponsorship, including the symphony and opera seasons and the 2024 deer valley music festival
The Durham Arts CouncilDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $300,865 · through 2022Largest: $8,870 to NORTHSTAR CHURCH OF THE ARTS — season grant-annual operations
Largest: $185,000 to VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE — help with costs of (i) its 2022-23 season programming, (ii) its educational tour to title i richmond public schools, and (iii) its new theatre arts learning league (tall) program
Largest: $120,000 to DREAMS OF HOPE — for creative learning operating and program support for the 2023-2024 season and a 20th anniversary award
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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 →