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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 “benefactors”
Where the money went
Largest: $450,000 to MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — the benefactor desires that grantee shall use the gift to continue the project awarded in 2022 to establish a novel treatment strategy for diabetic kidney disease. previous support…
University of Alaska Fairbanks AlumniFairbanks, AKCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $89,976 · through 2024Largest: $26,526 to UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION — benefactor fund gift
Mimi and Peter Haas FundSan Francisco, CA
6 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — opera ball: the centennial celebration at great benefactor level
Largest: $20,000 to METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION — premiere circle benefactor -'24-'25 season
Largest: $15,000 to FRANKLIN INSTITUTE BENEFACTOR SOCIETY — to help fund the operating budgets of the charitable organizations.
Largest: $250,000 to MAYO FOUNDATION — application to the benefactor innovation fund
Largest: $50,000 to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY — 3de school benefactor and sponsor fund at hillsborough high school 2024-2025 school year
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $440,575 · through 2022Largest: $129,525 to Museum of Contemporary Art — general operating support, general operating support - circle donor level (no tickets or tangible benefits), support for visionary (no tickets or tangible benefits), support for sc…
Largest: $2,000 to THE BENEFACTORS OF THE JEWISH CLUB OF 1933 — to assist organization in accomplishing its goals
Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN BENEFACTORS CIRCLE — general unrestricted exempt purpose of organization
Largest: $5,000 to Philbrook Museum of Art — benefactor level donation
Largest: $57,092 to KANSAS CITY BALLET — 2022 nutcracker benefactor dinner
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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 →