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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 “baccalaureate”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to help remediate underrepresentation of minorities (urm) in the economics profession focusing on the post-baccalaureate segment of the talent pipeline and mentoring them for succe…
Largest: $40,000 to BRYN MAWR COLLEGE — post baccalaureate pre-med program tuition support
Largest: $200,000 to ALCUIN SCHOOL — the purpose of this contribution is to provide an educational foundation for students from elementary through middle school years. this contribution supports a montessori classroom…
Largest: $150,000 to Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc — education & economic mobility
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $622,544 to UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE — chorale music program -- assist with travel expenses for students to go abroad this summer, eliason fund:education and greening at early learning center, for the center for economi…
Largest: $10,000 to Trinity High School - River Forest — international baccalaureate program scholarships
Largest: $123,000 to WASHINGTON STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP (WSOS) — to provide funds for 6 baccalaureate and 11 career & technical scholarships for students.
Largest: $160,000 to SPELMAN COLLEGE — the roy lichtenstein foundation pledged $160,000 a year to the atlanta university center (auc) art history + curatorial studies collective for a four-year pilot phase to underwrite…
Largest: $28,050 to WAUSAU EAST HIGH SCHOOL — international baccalaureate program
Largest: $15,000 to Trinity High School — to support the international baccalaureate program for talented and motivated young women
Ecmc FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $760,000 to COMMUNITY COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE ASSOCIATION — program support
Largest: $10,000 to Bentonville Public Schools Foundation — to support student costs of participating in the international baccalaureate program.
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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 →