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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “academicscholarships”

Where the money went

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Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation → Texas A&m University Fdn: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Laing-Weil Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust → Cody Milmine: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023Szilagyi Family Foundation Inc → Oberlin College: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Donofrio Foundation → Central Regional School District: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation → Wharton Co Junior College: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation → Brazosport College: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation → University of Oklahoma Fdn: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation: $115K on this topic. Open the funder.Les and Mary Puckett Children…$115KLaing-Weil Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Laing-Weil Scholarship Fund C…$12KSzilagyi Family Foundation Inc: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Szilagyi Family Foundation Inc$6KThe Donofrio Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.The Donofrio Foundation$3KTexas A&m University Fdn: received $40K on this topicTexas A&m University Fdn$40KWharton Co Junior College: received $30K on this topicWharton Co Junior College$30KBrazosport College: received $25K on this topicBrazosport College$25KUniversity of Oklahoma Fdn: received $20K on this topicUniversity of Oklahoma Fdn$20KCody Milmine: received $12K on this topicCody Milmine$12KOberlin College: received $6K on this topicOberlin College$6KCentral Regional School District: received $3K on this topicCentral Regional School District$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →