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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 “amherst”
Where the money went
Largest: $90,000 to Amherst H Wilder Foundation — to conduct, analyze, report, communicate, and engage policy makers, advocates, funders, program staff, and our communities in the minnesota homeless study and the tribal/reservatio…
Community Foundation of WesternSpringfield, MACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $725,776 · through 2024Largest: $252,602 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST — college/univ (education)
Largest: $25,000 to Amherst Survival Center — general fund to support mission
Largest: $253,629 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST — simons collaboration on the many electron problem - group leader, diagrammatic monte carlo
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $707,100 to TRUSTEES OF AMHERST COLLEGE — scholarships & financial aid
Cvs FoundationWoonsocket, RI
8 matching grants · $38,250 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to UMASS AMHERST ISENBERG AMHERST MA — retail mgmt scholarships
Largest: $22,117 to University of Massachusetts-Amherst — scholarships for mihret amare ($1,175), vivian du ($1,942), dat nguyen ($2,500), and annie tsan ($16,500)
Largest: $160,000 to AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION — amherst h. wilder foundation (wilder) operates minnesota compass, a research project used by organizations and leaders to make data-informed decisions on issues that affect the qua…
Largest: $3,500 to Laila V DiNisco — the purpose of all grants to individuals listed on part xiv of form 990-pf is to provide funds to qualifying individuals, having completed the proper application process and chosen…
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST — scholarship program: scholarship
Largest: $7.3M to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship: amherst, barnard, bowdoin, brooklyn, bryn mawr, carleton, connecti…
Largest: $4,000 to University of Massachusetts Amherst — scholarship for umass amherst foundation
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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 →