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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 “chromebooks”
Where the money went
Largest: $55,600 to VALE SCHOOL DISTRICT #84 — chromebooks, cart & printer
Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $71,110 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Educational Justice — 75 chromebooks
Catholic Community FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $269,603 · through 2024Largest: $147,663 to ASCENSION CATHOLIC SCHOOL — chromebook replacement and scholar technology, city connects coordinator for ay 23-24, general operating, tuition assistance
Largest: $22,000 to ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 5 — stamp/avid/30 chromebook
Largest: $31,471 to MEDORA COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION — 30 chromebooks, 50 console licenses, 16 charging carts, large screen chromebook, firewall software
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $112,020 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to NATIVITY ACADEMY AT ST BONIFACE INC — $25,000.00 for any item on grant list - academic support coordinator salary, psychological and educational assessments, ot & speech assessment, reading plus, deambox, and ixl curri…
Largest: $52,500 to Boys and Girls Club — scholarship for 25 students, and 30 chromebooks
Largest: $50,000 to Brentwood Union School District — chromebooks for students
Largest: $20,200 to ST JAMES SCHOOL — chromebooks, outdoor school, playground benches, principal laptop, secretary computer, tuition assistance fund
Community Foundation of SouthernJanesville, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $52,757 · through 2024Largest: $23,350 to SAINT CLEMENT CATHOLIC PARISH — chromebooks and laptops
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $212,000 · through 2021Largest: $106,000 to Advancing the Gospel in Angola Inc — support of projects in angola: kavango scholarships, x-ray tech training, istel scholarships and security wall, ceml imaging equipment and benevolent fund, co connection, chimbanda…
Largest: $7,306 to ST THOMAS SCHOOL — 26 hp chromebooks
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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 →