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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 “aeronautical”
Where the money went
The Wings Club FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $535,000 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY — aviation scholarships
Brown Family FoundationOrmond Beach, FL
5 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSIT — tuition waivers/scholarships
Ceo Business AllianceDaytona Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIV — erau research park
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $90,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIV PRESCOTT — reuben h fleet scholarship
Largest: $15,000 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University — support aeronautical research
Connecticut Humanities CouncilMiddletown, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $335,746 · through 2023Largest: $107,240 to CONNECTICUT AERONAUTICAL HISTORIC A — kids free summer mus
Largest: $10,000 to California Institute of Technology — aeronautics fellowships
Largest: $10,000 to EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY — general support to education
Hispanic Scholarship FundEl Segundo, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $322,300 · through 2024Largest: $203,700 to EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC — to provide scholarships for students
Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION - SEATTLE — uw aeronautics & astronautics (uwaa) senior capstone design projects in the college of engineering
Largest: $117,270 to EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSIT — to award two students a scholarship pursuant to the private foundation's individual grant-making procedures as approved under 26 usc 4945(g)(1) per irs determination letter
Largest: $40,000 to Embry Riddle University — aeronautic education
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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 →