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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 “bascom”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — education, training and research
Doris L Hastings Charitable Foundation TrustWilmington, DE
4 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE — dept of ophthamology of the university of miami miller school of medicine - enhance the quality of life by improving sight, preventing blindness, and advancing ophthalmic knowledge…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $192,704 · through 2022Largest: $69,500 to University of Miami — support for the rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science. support for bascom palmer eye institute, general operating support. support for the center for autism & related…
Largest: $15,000 to BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE — medical research
Kathleen Duross Ford FundWest Palm Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to UM Bascom Palmer Eye Institute — support for research in the eye and vision field.
Largest: $20,000 to BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE — general operating
Largest: $240,000 to University of Virginia's College at Wise Fd — c. bascom slemp experiential scholars fund, c. bascom slemp fund for undergraduate research, and appalachian writing project
The Community FoundationAsheville, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $202,380 · through 2024Largest: $64,900 to THE BASCOM — advancing the arts
Naples Children FoundationNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to BASCOM PALMER — program support
Food Export USA - NortheastPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $50,974 · through 2024Largest: $21,369 to BASCOM FAMILY FARMS INC BASCOM MAPLE FARMS — branded program
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI-BASCOM PALMER — support for treatment, research and education for eye disease
Margaret F Nice Charitable TrustHighlands Ranch, CO
3 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE — supporting research to improve how we hear,see and live
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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 →