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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 “alumni”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $8.4M · through 2023Largest: $870,750 to Yale University — to support cafe lab's animal agriculture accountability project. general operating support. contribution to annual fund for yale divinity school, scholarship aid for yale divinity …
University of Maryland AlumniCollege Park, MDCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2023Largest: $21,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - GLOBAL CAMPUS — grants to alumni associations and scholarships to students.grants to alumni associations and scholarships to students.
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
51 matching grants · $275,676 · through 2024Largest: $1,005 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BELLEVUE — to provide support for the 2021 alumni for good match and microsoft alumni givingtuesday stretch
Largest: $30,000 to ALUMNI THEATER COMPANY — program/operating support
Largest: $6,000 to MOGIL SHIRA — dorot israel fellowship alumni program
Largest: $10,000 to UCM ALUMNI FOUNDATION — program support
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $11.9M · through 2024Largest: $16,500 to WILLIAMS COLLEGE — for the alumni fund. for general support. for alumni fund class of '78.
The Delta Sigma Phi FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $22,939 to ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BETA PI CHAPTER DELTA SIGMA PHI INC — scholarship grant
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $242,574 to AMERICAN ALUMNI OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY INC — scholarships & financial aid
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $783,144 · through 2024Largest: $78,445 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - UI SERVICE CENTER — kalous opportunity scholarship, komensky scholarship, joe corbin memorial scholarship, merveaux academic excellence scholarship, shot at college rsm scholarship. lavenz memorial in…
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $594,286 · through 2024Largest: $35,892 to HARVEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOC DBA HARVEY ALUMNI ASSOC ENDOWMENT FUND — organization distribution
Largest: $1.6M to UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION — enriches the lives of the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university of tennessee through alumni engagement, financial stewardship, and private gift support.
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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 →