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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 “carolyn”
Where the money went
Largest: $3,000 to CAROLYN COMBS — natural disaster recovery
Largest: $66,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — nursing annual giving fund, friends of penn nursing fund, penn fund, carolyn bennett endowed fellowship fund, and the fund for penn medicine
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $122,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS ATLANTA — for carol gregory griffin scholarship fund from carolyn griffin hall '81 and hartley hall
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $16,219 · through 2024Largest: $5,428 to UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION - 535 RESEARCH CENTER BLVD SUITE 120 FAYE — to support the david 0. and carolyn d. watts honors academy scholarship in mechanical engineering (50%) & the david c. and carolyn d. watts academic enrichment endowment in mechani…
Largest: $65,000 to CAROLYN DORFMAN DANCE CO — resid @furman univ
River Valley Child DevelopmentHuntington, WVCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $44,500 · through 2023Largest: $8,500 to CAROLYN HENRY — tiered reimbursement
Community West FoundationWestlake, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $94,400 · through 2025Largest: $25,400 to CAROLYN L FARRELL FOUNDATION — grant # 25.90 - general support, community impact grant, and donor advised grants
Early YearsChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $127,998 · through 2024Largest: $53,716 to MCNAIR CAROLYN CAMERON — child and adult food care program/subsidy
Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI
4 matching grants · $125,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CAROLYN DORFMAN DANCE CO — donation support
Largest: $10,000 to ACI INTERNATIONAL ONW-GODRREY & CAROLYN ONWUNILI - GHANA — provide spiritual and financial coverage for entrepreneurs within ministry's.
Largest: $258,000 to ST MARY'S CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN — carolyn lynch children's center
Missouri United Methodist FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $23,444 · through 2024Largest: $7,846 to MO CONFERENCE - CAROLYN BELSHE ORPHANAGE - MOZAMBIQUE — funds are used to provide food for the orphan children living at the carolyn belshe orphanage in mozambique. funds are transmitted via the missouri conference.
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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 →