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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 “alton”
Where the money went
Largest: $180,648 to THE ALTON FOUNDATION — l k barth funds the alton foundation and alton foundation funds the various local 501(c)(3) charities specified in the barth's last will and testament.
Alton FoundationSaint Cloud, MN
4 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to MAYO CLINIC — alton fund for cancer research
United Way of Greater St LouisSaint Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $520,005 · through 2024Largest: $175,941 to Boys and Girls Club of Alton Inc — awd-early childhood and youth services; all-early childhood and youth services; ttp-early childhood and youth services
Alton Memorial Health ServicesAlton, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — support hosp. dept's
Largest: $12,280 to THE ALTON FOUNDATION — edna & emma sawyer fund the alton foundation which funds various local 501(c)(3) charities specified in the sawyer's last will and testament. see attached general explanation stmt …
Largest: $16,036 to Boys & Girls Club of Alton — general donation
Alton Memorial Hospital - Endowment FundEagan, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $457,820 · through 2025Largest: $147,427 to ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — exempt purpose
Alton Memorial Hospital - GroundsEagan, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $143,402 · through 2025Largest: $53,286 to ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — exempt purpose
Largest: $33,940 to Alton J — educational scholarship
Largest: $7,000 to UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ALTON — charitable grant
Alton Memorial Hospital - Smith MemorialEagan, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $91,924 · through 2025Largest: $34,126 to ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — exempt purpose
Ozarks Food HarvestSpringfield, MOCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $94,559 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to OREGON COUNTY FOOD PANTRY - ALTON — food assistance
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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 →