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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 “abdi”
Where the money went
Largest: $51,530 to Augsburg College — scholarships for h. abdi ($6,792), m. abdi ($5,000), t. acevedo garcia ($11,000), k. cooper ($6,066), g. her ($7,500), p. htoo ($1,750), n. hussein ($7,500), k. meh ($5,000), and p…
Initiative FoundationLittle Falls, MNCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to ABDI I ELMI — deed main street small business relief
OnerefugeeSalt Lake City, UT
5 matching grants · $15,856 · through 2024Largest: $4,812 to Ayanie Abdi - CO University of Utah — to help with education for refugees from other countries.
Neighborhood Development CenterSaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $41,700 · through 2024Largest: $10,900 to CCG CARGO - ABDI S GEELLE — pass-through grant
Largest: $7,500 to WESTERN UNIVERSITY — scholarship for arian abdi
Largest: $10,000 to AMBIO ABDI — scholarship recipient
Largest: $9,803 to ABDIRAHMAN ABDI — educational scholarship
Largest: $20,000 to BOUCHTA EZZIANI — ezziani, bouchta (sidi mohamed ben abdi allah, u. of) "issues of research ethics in anthropological researches in the arab region: a sensitive fields and taboo topics"
Largest: $8,500 to Virginia Commonwealth University (Suado Maday & Ashley Maday Abdi) — educational, religious, and charitable(including scholarships to students under an approved program)
First Children'S FinanceMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to SADIYA HASSAN ABDI — forgivable loans
NextstageBloomington, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to ABDIRAHMAN ABDI — covid relief grant
Largest: $2,000 to Iqra Education Center — in recognition of ahmed abdi's participation in the mcknight foundation's may 2023 field day
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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 →