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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 “usda”
Where the money went
Full Plates Full PotentialBrunswick, MECharity · may take applications
168 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $7,920 to RSU 16 — multiple grants to help increase participation in their usda child nutritions programs.multiple grants to help increase participation in their usda child nutritions programs.multip…
Goodwill Industries InternationalRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
79 matching grants · $40.3M · through 2025Largest: $3.2M to GOODWILL IND OF KENTUCKY INC — accenture opportunity accelera, microsoft gdca, usaa operation achieve, scsep py21, usda, indeed 2022, google reinvest, gm youth and young adult 2.0
International Fresh Produce AssociationNewark, DECharity · may take applications
86 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2025Largest: $281,071 to USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES — usda tasc plu grant-subrecipient
Renewing the CountrysideHammond, MNCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $110,814 · through 2024Largest: $14,400 to FOLWELL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION — enhancing mn twin cities urban ag ecosystem and usda connections
Girls Incorporated of New HampshireManchester, NHCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $375,299 · through 2022Largest: $47,021 to THE GROWING YEARS — usda reimbursement
Largest: $1.2M to Meridian Institute — to increase adoption of conservation practices to improve water quality through recognition of the risk reducing benefits of conservation within usda programs.
South Dakota Association of Conservations DistrictsPierre, SDCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $246,335 · through 2024Largest: $43,818 to Brown County Conservation District — assist usda-nrcs in carrying out conservation technical assistance
Project Apis MTorrey, UTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $819,144 · through 2024Largest: $278,551 to USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER — honey bee research
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $786,086 to USDA FOREST SERVICE — conservation activities
Hudson Valley Agri-Business DevelopmentHudson, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $818,590 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to BURLEY BROTHERS LAND & CATTLE COMPANY LLC — meat processing expansion grant (mpeg), this grant program is available for capital projects that can range from $50,000 to $250,000 on a reimbursement basis to support the expansi…
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $98,946 · through 2024Largest: $51,592 to USDA — research- subcontract
Citrus Research and DevelopmentLake Alfred, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $479,182 to USDA ARS — citrus research
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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 →

