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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 “bursary”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,000 to Kennedy Cole - Spelman College — bursary direct to scholar
Largest: $23,000 to GRAVENHURST HIGH SCHOOL BURSARY FUND — scholarships and school tour
Largest: $112,388 to FOUNDATION MUSIC BURSARY SCHEME — for the furtherance of the work of the designated foreign public charities - see list of largest contributions in part ix-a
Largest: $44,298 to INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION — iga bursary program - 2023
Largest: $67,000 to CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA — churchill college the winston churchill top up bursary fund
Largest: $75,090 to SALTS SAIL & LIFE TRAINING SOCIETY — experiential education bursaries for youth from low income families and challenging life situations
Largest: $9,894 to University of Pretoria — dell young leaders bursary class of 2018
Largest: $18,170 to PRAXIS ADVISORY LLP — to support one bursary child to attend two hands preschool (full-time place, 46 weeks a year) for 12 months.
Largest: $15,000 to FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY — support int'l travel bursaries
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $22.5M · through 2023Largest: $22.5M to THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE — provide support for the bursary endowment fund
Largest: $45,000 to DIOCESAN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH AFRICA)THRU BISHOP FOUNDATION USA — existing scholarship fund/ existing endowment fundthe hoffman stempel endowment for student bursaries and financial aid
The Mary Oakley FoundationThousand Oaks, CA
1 matching grant · $125,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INTERNATIONAL — adi world report, adi bienniel conference attendance bursaries for indigent caretaker, caretaker families, personal surveys of attitudes about alzheimer's disease
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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 →