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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 “clapp”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,500 to KEYAN CLAPP — college tuition
Largest: $250,455 to Husson College — scholarships - k alley, m alley, t archer, a astbury, a beal, j boutin, l boutin, j brassbridge, a brown, a brown, a bryden, r bubar, t carter, b catheron, j clapp, h clifford, a c…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $1.1M to Rush University Medical Center — the bross family fund for mothers receiving trauma based care, florence d hagenah endowed nursing scholarship fund, support for nursing school at rush, support for florence d hagen…
Largest: $20,000 to DAVID ALEXANDER CLAPP — whiting creative nonfiction grant
Summit ArtspaceAkron, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $15,712 · through 2024Largest: $8,095 to CLAPP FOR ART — fiscal sponsorship
Largest: $10,000 to Wellesley College — for the clapp library
Foundation for SmfmWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to MASSACHUSSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — abog bridge award - mark a. clapp
Akron Community FoundationAkron, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $57,950 · through 2023Largest: $57,950 to CLAPP FOR ART — for ongoing support and sustainability of crown point
Largest: $22,500 to WILLIAM CLAPP — to defray educational expenses incurred by the recipient
Round It Up AmericaLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,356 · through 2023Largest: $12,356 to ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY — community service programs
Largest: $2,700 to MADISON-MAE CLAPP — unc wilminton scholarship
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,000 · through 2024Largest: $7,000 to CLAPP & TUTTLE INC — to support the sustainability and growth of underrepresented and underinvested entrepreneurs in connecticut
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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 →