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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 “colleen”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — colleen mcmahon faculty excellence fund in music
Largest: $3,000 to FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS — g/e 2023 colleen o'brien - instruments for music concert ensemble
Largest: $7,500 to COLLEEN E RITZER MEMORIAL FUND INC — exempt purpose
Largest: $17,129 to COLLEEN MONAHAN CO WSU COLLEGE — medical research
Largest: $1,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE — for support of the scholarship fund and in honor of colleen boettger fry, class of '75
The Community Foundation of theHolland, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $219,444 · through 2023Largest: $114,394 to READY FOR SCHOOL — in honor of colleen hill
Largest: $10,000 to Melina Colleen Bell - Bowling Green — college scholarship
Largest: $6,850 to COLLEEN ANDERSEN — education study
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $33,500 · through 2024Largest: $18,500 to Friends of Colleen Burton — political contribution
Brightfocus FoundationClarksburg, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $182,000 · through 2024Largest: $182,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — national glaucoma research by colleen mcdowell, phd entitled: g2025010s
Largest: $1,000 to COLLEEN MITCHEL MEMORIAL FUND — unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose
Largest: $10,000 to MARSHALL UNIVERSITY — colleen hairston
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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 →