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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 “bergstrom”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to WHITMAN COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES — erik e. and edith h. bergstrom foundation scholarship endowment fund
Community Foundation for the Fox ValleyAppleton, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $161,497 · through 2024Largest: $74,737 to BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM OF GLASS — arts, culture & humanities
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — the bergstrom masters of science in real estate
The Boldt Family FundAppleton, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM OF GLASS — arts, culture & humanities
Oshkosh Area Community FoundationOshkosh, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $23,930 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM OF GLASS — program support
Largest: $5,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — bergstrom cares-fundraising
Largest: $5,250 to BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM INC — charitable event
The Smidt FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to DALLAS BERGSTROM — 2023 harbor freight tools for schools prize for teaching excellence - individual award
Largest: $3,000 to Bergstrom Kasen — individual scholarship
WispactMadison, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM OF GLASS — for the benefit of persons with disabilties.
Largest: $3,500 to BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM INC — glass for all exhibition & education series
Largest: $2,515 to COOPER BERGSTROM — to further higher education
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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 →