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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 “colgate”
Where the money went
Largest: $18,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY TREASURERS OFFI — program/operating support
Largest: $7,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY TREASURERS OFFICE — fidelity matching gifts to education
Largest: $5,000 to Colgate University — support colgate university scholarships
Largest: $20,503 to Colgate University — scholarships for hadeel al qoronz ($2,500), juan flores ($5,000), mehribon hamrokulova ($504), osvaldo lopez carranza ($7,500), and lara shqair ($5,000)
Largest: $75,525 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — payments for scholarships to students
Largest: $50,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — general charitable, religious, educational or scientific purpose of the donee organization
Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT — colgate palmolive fellowship in nutrition, oral health/dental education
Largest: $500,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — hudson scholarship fund and aizawa fund for overseas study (equal split)
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2023Largest: $958,422 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — grants/scholarships
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $187,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY TREASURERS OFFICE — scholarships & financial aid
Largest: $11,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — andrew g. bruce endowment memorial scholarship fund
Ernst & Young FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $176,732 · through 2024Largest: $48,313 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY TREASURERS OFFICE — matching gifts
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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 →