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12 funders with a record of paying for “carol”
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The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $6.6M · through 2023Largest: $1.7M to Tulane University — support for alzheimer's research at the tulane school of medicine, stamps tulane scholarship, the student affairs discretionary fund, carol lavin bernick faculty investment fund, s…
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $152,440 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to WEST DES MOINES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — for the tom and carol narak scholarship
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $131,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS ATLANTA — for carol gregory griffin scholarship fund from carolyn griffin hall '81 and hartley hall
Largest: $1,250 to CAROL JHANRAHAN — unrestricted and restricted contribution
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $264,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to REACHING CHAMPIONS JOINING HEARTS — for general purposes at the request of marty and carol walker searcy
Largest: $110,000 to North Carolina U of at Chapel Hill Carol — 77238 studying the impact of combining fiscal ince
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $197,003 · through 2025Largest: $45,400 to COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS — carol's hope: substance use disorder engagement center, carol's hope support, carol's hope: substance use engagement center, general support
Largest: $400,000 to CAROLE'S HOUSE OF HOPE — 2022 operating grant
Largest: $11,000 to CAROL E HIGBEE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — provide scholarships to students at egg harbor township high school.
Squash and Education AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $172,010 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to METROsquash — carol g. simon academic innovation award
Largest: $5,250 to SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — carol hepper foundation award in studio arts
Largest: $186,500 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — the carol k. and robert a. frist, m.d. fund.
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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 →