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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 “connell”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $8.7M · through 2022Largest: $13,500 to De La Salle Institute — contribution to the earl e. meyers endowed scholarship fund, matching the contribution of michael o'connell, pgl retiree, matching the contribution of bernadette johnson, pgl emplo…
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $340,856 · through 2024Largest: $59,856 to ST PATRICK CENTER — general support, annual fund, general support in memory of mr. & mrs. john p. o'connell, mr. john h. o'connell, mr. & mrs. frank o'connell, mr. & mrs. edward windish, and mr. & mrs…
Largest: $79,294 to O'CONNELL SCHOOL — student financial aid
Largest: $17,561 to O'Connell S — educational scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to Trustees of Boston College — lynch school of education & connell school of nursing
Largest: $212,314 to University of Maine at Augusta — scholarships - y al hoshan, n allard, n bajor, s beeaker, k brown, a bucknam, g buehne, a charette, r clough, m cormier, a corson, l cox, l cyr, h daigneault, j durost, m frazier, …
Largest: $10,000 to Connell Family Foundation Inc — multiple sclerosis research
Largest: $20,000 to O'CONNELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL — unrestricted general
Charity Guild of Catholic Women ofHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to O'Connell College Preparatory School — tuition assistance
The John G and Marie Stella KenedyCorpus Christi, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to O'Connell College Preparatory School — tuition relief program
Largest: $2,500 to PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER — annual gift hesed house - bill connell
Largest: $1,500 to Brian O'Connell Homeless Project Inc — to fund the purchase of warm winter clothing.
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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 →