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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 “soup”
Where the money went
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
79 matching grants · $30.2M · through 2024Largest: $9.5M to DRISCOLL FOODS — hunger prevention nutrition assistance program (hpnap), emergency food and shelter program (efsp), and nourish ny are uwnycs largest programs to provide nutritious food to pantries…
Largest: $1,000 to COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN — general support for the soup kitchen
Largest: $1,400 to SALVATION ARMY SOUP KITCHEN-PORTSMO — soup kitchen-food pantry
North Carolina Community FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $600,706 · through 2024Largest: $13,800 to HICKORY SOUP KITCHEN — food programs (food banks & pantries, soup kitchens)
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to Sacred Heart Parish — support as follows: sarto $5k; a just harvest $1k; mission of our lady of angels $5k; providence soup kitchen $5k; house of good shepard $1k; women's center $1k; kenwood soup kitch…
Largest: $14,400 to TASK INC (TRENTON AREA SOUP KITCHEN) — employee giving program
Largest: $5,000 to MANNA-THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN — program support
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese ofNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $437,883 · through 2024Largest: $29,996 to CHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES MANHATTAN — holy apostles soup kitchen and food pantry, holy apostles soup kitchen
Largest: $5,000 to COVENANT SOUP KITCHEN — community grants - soup kitchen and meals programs
Largest: $2,500 to CLAREMONT SOUP KITCHEN — soup kitchen & food pantry support
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $273,450 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN — to support the cost of paper goods, utensils, take out containers, take out bags, cleaning supplies, masks, and gloves which support community soup kitchen operations and service d…
MasbiaBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $933,835 to MASBIA OF BORO PARK — for soup kitchen
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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 →