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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 “bain”
Where the money went
Largest: $635,000 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — $300,000 to karin bain kukral '82 head coach of women's lacrosse fund; $150,000 to field hockey complex; $125,000 to dr. you for microplastics research; $50,000 to prism microplast…
Largest: $20,000 to LISA BAIN MINISTRIES INC — program support
Tulsa Community FoundationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $283,000 · through 2024Largest: $108,000 to LISA BAIN MINISTRIES INC — general operations
Largest: $8,500 to G BAIN — scholarship award
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $93,500 · through 2022Largest: $43,500 to United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley — $5,000 support for the pine street inn and $5,000 support for boston healthcare for the homeless. please include this grant as part of bain boston's united way campaign., via the b…
Largest: $2,600 to CATHERINE BAIN — to assist qualified students in furthering their education
Hoyt FoundationNew Castle, PA
3 matching grants · $6,600 · through 2024Largest: $3,300 to DANIELLE BAIN — college scholarship
Largest: $7,500 to LISA BAIN MINISTRIES — general operations
Largest: $65,500 to TIHEBA BAIN — to build a coalition of diverse women to boldly use their voices and lived experience to educate the public about the discrimination facing women living with violent convictions an…
Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island TrustBainbridge Island, WACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $58,518 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Bain Comm Tennis Assoc — part funding tennis courts
Largest: $2,500 to Baines Turner — scholarship grant for undergraduate tuition
Largest: $20,000 to LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON FOUNDATION — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
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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 →

