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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 “adele”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,682 to ADELE WOODMANSEE — educational scholarship
Largest: $1,000 to ADEL DESOTO MINIBURN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — dollars for scholars - annual scholarship gift
Largest: $110,000 to ALFRED & ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY THE — to support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
Largest: $2,000 to Hathaway Brown School — adele e. wick scholarship fund
Largest: $15,000 to ANTALEK ADELE — fellowship stipend
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,449 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to ADEL-DESOTO-MINBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT — adm victory bell project
Largest: $5,000 to JUDITH ADELE AGENTIS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — program support - girls and teens
Largest: $4,000 to GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK — adele v. deckinger girl scout expendable fund: continuation of horseback riding badge program
Jewish Foundation of GreensboroGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,930 · through 2024Largest: $10,750 to THE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY — charitable support for programs & operations of the donee organizations
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $28,000 · through 2023Largest: $11,500 to FRANKLIN-ESSEX-HAMILTON BOCES — for the "jet: job employment training" application at the request of stacy vincent. this grant is funded by the generous acts fund in partnership with the adele & tom connors fund …
Largest: $100,000 to THE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC — future unleashed campaign
Largest: $1,250 to KHLOE TRUEVILLIAN BY ADELL TRUEVILL — unrestricted and restricted contribution
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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 →