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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 “adams”
Where the money went
Adams County Community FoundationGettysburg, PACharity · may take applications
112 matching grants · $7.9M · through 2025Largest: $1.2M to Upper Adams School District — see statement
Largest: $70,000 to ADAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — for the adams county historical society - hopkins house
Largest: $45,900 to ADAMS COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL — internal lighting upgrade,
Largest: $15,000 to PRADO ADAM — fellowship stipend
Largest: $39,573 to JAIMIE ADAMS — educational scholarship
Largest: $70,000 to ADAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — for adams county historical society - general purpose
Adams State University FoundationAlamosa, COCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $7.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY — scholarship money
Largest: $51,805 to ANGEL SOSA ADAME — educational scholarship
Largest: $42,166 to University of Texas-Rio Grande Vall — scholarships for m. adame ($5,000), v. aguas ($7,500), a. albertos ($5,000), j. alcaraz-lopez ($5,000), m. amaro ($650), k. ameen ($3,833), a. avila ($10,183), and r. ayala ($5,000…
Largest: $25,000 to Cerstin Johnson — the bret adams & paul reisch foundation supports expansive artworks with inherently theatrical ways of illuminating big ideas and concepts.
Largest: $231,348 to University of Maine — scholarships - a abelon, d adams, i adams, h agbuya, a albert, e alexander, p alexander, n allen, c alley, m alley, a astbury, a aviles, g baillargeon, k bartlett, n bassett, r bas…
Largest: $15,000 to JILLIAN ADAMS — university of wisconsin - madison college scholarship
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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 →