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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 “trade”
Where the money went
Enterprise FloridaOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
241 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $10,500 to FLORIDA FOREIGN TRADE ASSOCIATION — target sector trade show grant
The Smidt FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
105 matching grants · $7.6M · through 2024Largest: $975,000 to BIG PICTURE COMPANY INC — advancing skilled trades education
Utah World Trade CenterSalt Lake City, UTCharity · may take applications
122 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ROMARIC AUTOMATION DESIGN INC — trade promotion
United Association of Journeymen &Annapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $60.6M · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to NABTU CONFERENCE FUND (NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS) — sponsor for trades women build nations conf.
Largest: $6,500 to Breyound Haywood — assist qualifying veterans with rent or mortgage payments while they attend college full time to further their career or start a new career through college courses at an accredited…
Goodwill Industries InternationalRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $16.8M · through 2025Largest: $154,561 to GOODWILL IND OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — accenture global accelerating oa 2024, gm youth & young-adult skilled trades gtca 2024, lowes trade skills 2024, lowes trade skills 2025, operations (non-grant related activities)
Maine International Trade CenterPortland, MECharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $759,686 · through 2024Largest: $20,482 to Kelson Marine — trade show & international conferences; e-commerce & digital marketing; market research & diversification
Lowes FoundationMooresville, NCCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $16.6M · through 2024Largest: $650,000 to Chicago Women In Trades — skilled trades
Largest: $62,000 to OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE — trade related equipment and support
Largest: $400,000 to THE ECOLOGY TRUST — for its funders for fair trade initiative's work on trade and environmental policy
Largest: $20,000 to PARKESBURG POINT — hands-on-training program; equipment and supplies to give kids hands on experience in the trades, "as needed" scholarship fund for apprenticeship or trade school opportunities
Painters and Allied Trades Labor-Hanover, MDCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $320,000 to FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE OF THE UPPER MIDWEST — montana training center
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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 →