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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 “brayton”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to DAVIDSON-DAVIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — brayton family foundation scholarship fund
Largest: $8,000 to BRAYTON DEWELL — college scholarship
Largest: $1,500 to BRAYTON KELSO — educational scholarship
Largest: $1,000 to EMMA BRAYTON — school tuition
Largest: $5,000 to BRAYTON BREEZER — university of wisconsin - madison college scholarship
The West Marin FundPoint Reyes Station, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $37,500 · through 2022Largest: $37,500 to COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ASSOCIATION OF WEST MARIN — grant id# 3112: in honor of the women who have held clam close to their hearts for so many years: myn adess , susan scott, susan brayton, and maureen cornelia; grant id# 3179: prog…
Largest: $2,000 to BRAYTON AULT — medical needs - medical expenses for brayton for breast cancer treatments.
Largest: $4,000 to INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM — drawing - s2113 scott brayton
Largest: $1,000 to Brayton Dewell — scholarship 2025-26
Largest: $3,000 to BRAYTON BEAM - 2023 SCHOLARSHIP (CK 1914) — educational and community support
IffChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,928 · through 2023Largest: $11,928 to Lacey Brayton — cost for acquiring equipment and/or facilities rehab cost as part of the grant
Largest: $1,500 to SWAIN BRAYTON — college expenses
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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 →