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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 “ancillary”
Where the money went
Largest: $170,500 to OPERA AMERICA — opera grants for female composers (fy22 discovery grants, commissioning grants, ancillary support)
Menomonee Falls Booster ClubMenomonee Falls, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $415,700 · through 2024Largest: $156,741 to School District of Menomonee Falls — support for high school ancillary programs
Largest: $55,000 to LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORPORATION INC — ancillary and specialty services
Herb Kosten Pancreatic CancerMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — research funds for project titled: outcomes following neoadjuvant chemoradiation and assessment of genetic and somatic alterations in ancillary and duodenal adenocarcinoma
Largest: $50,000 to Parish Childrens School — financial assistance and ancillary support fund
Largest: $30,000 to MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST — to advance mcht's project on old point, lamoine and ancillary sites. included are planning and implementation for trails, beach access, signage, protection of indian middens and ar…
Largest: $30,000 to THE PANTRY OF BROWARD INC — unrestricted operating donation to procure and distribute food and ancillary services to working and retired individuals who are economically challenged
Alport Syndrome FoundationScottsdale, AZCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $170,733 · through 2024Largest: $170,733 to University of Michigan — alport syn ancillary natural history study
Largest: $90,000 to VISITING ANCILLARY SERVICE — improving the lives of older adults in colorado through quality ancillary services
Largest: $115,144 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to expedite data analyses and time-to-publication of findings in the pursuit of identifying brain changes as a marker for neurologic lyme disease, under the direction of dr. cherie…
Largest: $525,739 to President and Fellows of Harvard College — to support in-depth coverage of priority topics, with that content supported by ancillary materials and comprehensive strategic promotions that ensure a wide and growing reach.
Largest: $312,006 to HIS BRANCHES INC — expand grantee's clinical and ancillary operational capacity
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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 →