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12 funders with a record of paying for “cafeteria”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to JACK STILLINGTON- DR CLAIRE TREMAIN — the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need an…
Largest: $41,800 to CAFETERIA CULTURE — general donation
Largest: $1.5M to BIG SKY BIBLE CHURCH — camp cafeteria - final two payments
Park Nicollet FoundationSt Louis Park, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.6M to PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL — to support programs and services for patients, families and community members through: hospice, growing through grief, nurse program, struthers parkinson's center, melrose center, …
Largest: $310,894 to UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE — 1. support food systems network expansion with operating support 2. creating culturally connected cafeterias in the manchester nh school district 3. operating support to build a th…
Largest: $120,000 to Journey 21 — cafeteria programming
Largest: $750,000 to Torrance Memorial Med Hlthcare Foundati — for building cafeteria
Largest: $5,000 to Massachusetts Bay Community College Foundation — to support the massbay meal scholarship program which was created to provide students with funds to be used in the college's cafeteria.
Largest: $500,000 to St John Neumann Catholic High School — funding of a security guard, faculty meals, the justin holecek scholarships, the justin holecek math and science building and the cafeteria updates.
Concord School ParentEdina, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $234,638 · through 2024Largest: $128,217 to CONCORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — cafeteria and building refresh project
Community Foundation of WesternSharon, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $48,068 · through 2023Largest: $36,582 to ALIQUIPPA CAFETERIA FUND — program support
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $10,619 · through 2024Largest: $5,319 to Marnel C Moorman Sr Family Life Center — two mobile cafeteria tables, two hercules dh control impulse 500, 24 roller skates, and a projector
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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 →