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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.
3 funders with a record of paying for “alethea”
Where the money went
Licking County FoundationNewark, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $103,754 · through 2022Largest: $80,700 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AT NEWARK OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID — alethea & norman sleight scholarship, fall semester sy 2021-22
Largest: $3,400 to ALETHEA PACE — artist grant - 2023
Largest: $1,500 to NATIVE YOUTH ALLIANCE — alethea phillips donated her meeting stipend
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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 →