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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.
4 funders with a record of paying for “bryden”
Where the money went
Largest: $22,000 to WASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — blanche bryden scholarship fund, washburn women's alliance scholarship fund, and the blanche bryden foundation wit scholarship fund
Largest: $250,455 to Husson College — scholarships - k alley, m alley, t archer, a astbury, a beal, j boutin, l boutin, j brassbridge, a brown, a brown, a bryden, r bubar, t carter, b catheron, j clapp, h clifford, a c…
Largest: $1,500 to Chelsie Bryden — youth scholarship
Largest: $2,000 to LENORE BRYDEN — funeral expense assistance
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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 →