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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 “clarke”
Where the money went
Largest: $20.6M to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC — clark scholars program network
Blue Grass Community FoundationLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $37,028 to BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE - CLARK COUNTY CAMPUS CLARK COUNTY — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Largest: $275,000 to CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF CLARK COUNTY — community fellowship
Largest: $5,000 to WINCHESTER CLARKE GARDEN CLUB — sponsor for 2 2023 events: historic garden week and garden club annual meeting. used to print brochures and on printed materials as required by the club to host the annual meeting.
Community Hospital Health ServicesSpringfield, OHCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $537,200 · through 2024Largest: $56,000 to CLARK COUNTY COMBINED HEALTH DISTRICT — health equity coordinator, faith community health ministry, start strong clark county maternal/infant health initiative, sexual health & wellness clinic
Largest: $50,000 to CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY INC — program/operating support
Largest: $10,000 to LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION — lewis & clark scholarship fund
Largest: $265,939 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - l christiansen, m cipriano, a clark, b clark, m clarke, j claybaugh, t clayton, j clough, h clukey, b coates, j cochran, g cody, d colson, d conder, j cook…
Largest: $500,000 to University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine — ellen s clark rvcl research fund
Largest: $30,000 to CLARKE COUNTY SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (GENERAL FUND) — to satisfy charitable needs
Largest: $4,000 to Treasurer of Clarke County — to support non-profit operations
Washington Association ofLacey, WACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $391,749 to CLARK COUNTY — covid mitigation in jails
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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 →