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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 “stretch”
Where the money went
York County Community FoundationYork, PACharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $167,670 to UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY — general support, uwc alice study/survey, tocqueville society, seedling scholarship program, focus on our future, stretch pool
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $28,600 · through 2022Largest: $6,650 to METHOW HOUSING TRUST — to provide support for the 2021 microsoft alumni givingtuesday stretch
Largest: $15,000 to CAPITOL MARKET — hire a seasonal snap stretch coordinator to assist in validating and issuing snap stretch dollars on site. the coordinator would also connect with daycare and senior centers to pro…
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $235,000 · through 2025Largest: $115,000 to DOWN THE STRETCH — community & human services
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance FoundationLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $205,000 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to DOWN THE STRETCH RANCH — thoroughbred aftercare
Largest: $485,527 to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — to support expansion mass spectrometry: literally stretching metabolite sensing to new spatial limits
Suggs Family FoundationThousand Oaks, CA
4 matching grants · $36,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY — final stretch fund
Largest: $100,000 to NOTRE DAME ACADEMY — to support the plans for growth and expansion of the duddy innovation center for excellence (dice) course offering. it offers a challenging education for young women eager to stret…
Largest: $270,000 to COLORADO RIVER LAND TRUST — to conserve and protect land and water resources stretching from west texas to the gulf coast.
Largest: $11,500 to PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME — drawing- s2657 lawrence taylor stretching
California Retirement Management AccountArcadia, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $82,000 · through 2024Largest: $28,000 to DOWN THE STRETCH RANCH — support the retirement and rehab of thoroughbreds
Largest: $2.0M to NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR — 80707 supporting stretch 2.0 in supporting the skills of state team members and community partners to effect systems change to advance health equity
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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 →