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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 “brilliance”

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Dancers Group: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin → Islands of Brilliance: $757K across 3 grants, latest 2024New Schools Fund → Dekalb Brilliance Academy: $645K across 3 grants, latest 2024Charter Fund Inc → Dekalb Brilliance Academy Inc: $550K across 3 grants, latest 2024Louis Calder Foundation → Dekalb Brilliance Academy Inc: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc → Islands of Brilliance: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ciresi Walburn Foundation → Groves Learning Organization: $69K across 2 grants, latest 2023Richard and Ethel Herzfeld → Islands of Brilliance: $43K across 3 grants, latest 2024Public Life Foundation of Owensboro → Owensboro Public Schools: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stackner Family Foundation Inc → Islands of Brilliance: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023Gardner Foundation → Islands of Brilliance: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025Patrick and Anna M Cudahy Fund → Islands of Brilliance: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Dancers' Group: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Ciresi Walburn Foundation → Groves Academy: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2021Patrick and Anna M Cudahy Fund → Islands of Brilliance Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Public Life Foundation of Owensboro → Daviess County Public Schools: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert Wood Johnson Found…$2.3MDown Syndrome Association of Wisconsin: $757K on this topic. Open the funder.Down Syndrome Association of…$757KNew Schools Fund: $645K on this topic. Open the funder.New Schools Fund$645KCharter Fund Inc: $550K on this topic. Open the funder.Charter Fund Inc$550KLouis Calder Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Louis Calder Foundation$300KGreater Milwaukee Foundation Inc: $115K on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Milwaukee Foundation…$115KCiresi Walburn Foundation: $109K on this topic. Open the funder.Ciresi Walburn Foundation$109KRichard and Ethel Herzfeld: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.Richard and Ethel Herzfeld$43KPublic Life Foundation of Owensboro: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Public Life Foundation of Owe…$25KStackner Family Foundation Inc: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Stackner Family Foundation Inc$15KPatrick and Anna M Cudahy Fund: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Patrick and Anna M Cudahy Fund$15KGardner Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Gardner Foundation$10KDancers Group: received $1.3M on this topicDancers Group$1.3MDancers' Group: received $1.0M on this topicDancers' Group$1.0MIslands of Brilliance: received $940K on this topicIslands of Brilliance$940KDekalb Brilliance Academy Inc: received $850K on this topicDekalb Brilliance Academy Inc$850KDekalb Brilliance Academy: received $645K on this topicDekalb Brilliance Academy$645KGroves Learning Organization: received $69K on this topicGroves Learning Organization$69KGroves Academy: received $40K on this topicGroves Academy$40KOwensboro Public Schools: received $22K on this topicOwensboro Public Schools$22KIslands of Brilliance: received $10K on this topicIslands of Brilliance$10KIslands of Brilliance Inc: received $5K on this topicIslands of Brilliance Inc$5KDaviess County Public Schools: received $3K on this topicDaviess County Public Schools$3K
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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 →