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7 funders with a record of paying for “chairity”

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Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation → Bridge of Promise: $97K across 3 grants, latest 2024Garcia Family Foundation for Art → Chairities Aid Foundation: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2022Danford Foundation → Ronald Mcdonald House Chairities Ba: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Pennsylvania Society → Gold Medal Chairity: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Abrahamson Foundation → Giving Hearts Day: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2025Nicklies Foundation Inc → Kosair Chairities - Child Abuse: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Meyer Charitable Foundation → Chairity: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundation: $97K on this topic. Open the funder.Lynn and Bruce Gibson Foundat…$97KGarcia Family Foundation for Art: $97K on this topic. Open the funder.Garcia Family Foundation for…$97KDanford Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Danford Foundation$40KThe Pennsylvania Society: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Pennsylvania Society$25KAbrahamson Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Abrahamson Foundation$3KNicklies Foundation Inc: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Nicklies Foundation Inc$1KMeyer Charitable Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Meyer Charitable Foundation$1KBridge of Promise: received $97K on this topicBridge of Promise$97KChairities Aid Foundation: received $97K on this topicChairities Aid Foundation$97KRonald Mcdonald House Chairities Ba: received $40K on this topicRonald Mcdonald House Chairitie…$40KGold Medal Chairity: received $25K on this topicGold Medal Chairity$25KGiving Hearts Day: received $3K on this topicGiving Hearts Day$3KKosair Chairities - Child Abuse: received $1K on this topicKosair Chairities - Child Abuse$1KChairity: received $1K on this topicChairity$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →