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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 “bruce”
Where the money went
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to BRUCE L CRARY FOUNDATION INC — for 2023 fall semester scholarship awards
Largest: $15,000 to GREENSPAN BRUCE — fellowship stipend
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2022Largest: $2.0M to University of Illinois Foundation — support for gies summer success program - gies college of business, general operating support, $500: support for volunteer illini projects; $500: support for gies business school, …
Largest: $11,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — andrew g. bruce endowment memorial scholarship fund
Largest: $50,000 to SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORKS — support of programs
Community Foundation Santa CruzAptos, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $300,375 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to BRUCE W WOOLPERT ALGEBRA ACADEMY — for general operating support
Connecticut Humanities CouncilMiddletown, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $316,743 · through 2023Largest: $198,400 to BRUCE MUSEUM — connecticut modern
Largest: $70,000 to BRUCE MUSEUM INC — late night at the bruce and exhibitions funds
Largest: $11,755 to MICHAEL WALLACE-BRUCE — educational scholarship
Largest: $35,000 to BRUCE WOOD DANCE — to support a dance company in its efforts to entertain and enrich the publicto support a dance company in its efforts to entertain and enrich the public
Lake Placid Education FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $27,000 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to BRUCE L CRARY FOUNDATION — 2 foundation co-op support of non-traditional student scholarships
Largest: $11,638 to Bruce J — educational scholarship
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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 →