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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 “akers”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to DARCY AKERS ROTARY SCH FD — college scholarships
Largest: $5,000 to ALEXANDRA AKER — educational scholarship
Largest: $5,910 to NAOMI AKERS — educational scholarship
Largest: $2,000 to KARINA AKER — scholarship howard university
Largest: $10,000 to Springs Valley Education Foundation — in honor of chuck akers
Largest: $1,500 to DARCY AKERS SCHOLARSHIP — darcy akers scholarship
Largest: $41,737 to MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY — college scholarships for derek butcher, danah egelston, laynee stevens, braden akers, abigail lees, abigail snedegar, jameson williams, caroline rushing, brittany webb, eli bradley…
Central Indiana CorporateIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to AKER TECHNOLOGIES INC — 2022 agrinovus producer-led innovation challenge award recipient
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring FoundationFargo, ND
1 matching grant · $2,500 · through 2024Largest: $2,500 to Amanda Akers - North Dakota State University — health profession scholarship
Largest: $2,000 to Mobolaji Oludegun — community outreach & feeding co akere & akere pc
Largest: $2,500 to SARAH AKERS — educational scholarship
Southwest Initiative FoundationHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2021Largest: $10,000 to MELISSA AKER — main street covid relief grant
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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 →