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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 “clarence”
Where the money went
Community Foundation for Greater BuffaloBuffalo, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $348,714 · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to CLARENCE EDUCATIONAL AND FARM MARKET ASSOCIATION INC — improve senior citizens accessibility to the clarence hollow farmers market
Quad Cities Community FoundationBettendorf, IACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $117,701 · through 2024Largest: $35,343 to CLARENCE PARK BOARD — bunn pavilion, a shelter structure in a community park in clarence, ia
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $83,203 · through 2024Largest: $21,732 to CLARENCE FRAIM CENTER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB — restricted support for scholarships, available for children in before, after and summer schools
Largest: $5,000 to FRIENDS OF THE KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — 2023 - clarence brown film festival donation
Largest: $8,000 to MINNESOTA ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION — clarence wigington scholarship
Friends of Clarence DillonBedminster, NJCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $137,294 · through 2025Largest: $40,644 to CLARENCE DILLON LIBRARY — computer lab abd cdpl
Arts and Culture AllianceKnoxville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $163,128 · through 2024Largest: $61,000 to CLARENCE BROWN THEATRE — support art in the c
Largest: $800,000 to SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — for the clarence e. heller charitable foundation donor advised fund
Agenda for ChildrenNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $104,793 · through 2024Largest: $61,643 to URBAN LEAGUE CLARENCE L BARNEY HEAD START — subsidize/enhance access to high-quality early care and education for children
Largest: $100,000 to EARLHAM COLLEGE — good campaign: the clarence cunningham student emergency fund
Largest: $54,904 to CLARENCE S LIVINGOOD LECTURESHIP — lecture sponorship
Clarence Schock Memorial Park at GovernorLancaster, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $120,002 · through 2024Largest: $42,300 to CLARENCE SCHOCK MEMORIAL PARK AT GOVERNOR DICK INC — park operations, maintenance, repairs, improvements, and additions
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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 →

