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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “cavanaugh”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC — cavanaugh council fund
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to University of Notre Dame — to support the cavanaugh council
Largest: $75,250 to University of California San Francisco — postdoctoral fellowship for kate cavanaugh, ph.d.
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $117,000 · through 2024Largest: $117,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — to bongiovanni's / stellakis family scholarship commitment unrestricted cavanaugh council donation, fitzgerald institute for real estate, rclc bike ride for the kids
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — cavanaugh council - general operating support
Largest: $1,000 to JAKE CAVANAUGH FOUNDATION — general operating
Largest: $5,000 to JULIANA CAVANAUGH — college scholarship
Largest: $25,000 to LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — james j. yukevich/yukevich cavanaugh campaign
River Valley Child DevelopmentHuntington, WVCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $18,000 · through 2022Largest: $18,000 to KAREN M CAVANAUGH — tiered reimbursement
Largest: $10,000 to MOLLY CAVANAUGH — flag award 2024
Largest: $4,001 to COOLIN CAVANAUGH FIRE DEPT — fire department donation
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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 →