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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 “cosmetology”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to ROOKS BRIANA — financial assistance to complete cosmetology education
Largest: $30,000 to Beauty Changes Lives — directly funded 6 scholarships for the jerry alexander gorman foundation's "the passion to succeed" student scholarships administered by beauty changes lives to empower individuals…
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to THE CURLY HAIR SALON BY LUVENA LESLIE — to support curlfriends in the park 2022/2023, a community event where people can unite, and celebrate what makes them unique. through ticket sales and vendors their aim is to creat…
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $69,153 · through 2024Largest: $34,667 to SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ST LOUIS COUNTY — support of north and south co tech hs cosmetology students' exam fees and tool kits 2022-2023
Largest: $1,999 to VANESSA GONZALES — gertrude m. rogers cosmetology scholarship
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to THE SOCIETY OF THE POOR SISTERS OF OUR LADY — to provide job skills training in hospitality, computer graphics, fashion design, and cosmetology for youth experiencing disadvantage in mumbai
Beygood FoundationBeverly Hills, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to JANAS COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY — community/disaster relief grant
Largest: $76,280 to ALAMANCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — to fund cosmetology, agriculture, and dental programs.
Largest: $10,000 to KENNETH SHULER SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOG — scholarship program
Largest: $15,000 to JUSTICE & SOUL FOUNDATION — cosmetology training for individuals leaving the commercial sex trade
National Council for CommunityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $26,152 · through 2022Largest: $26,152 to ROMO'S BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY COLLEGE — covid-19 assistance
Largest: $10,000 to JUSTICE & SOUL FOUNDATION — empowering survivors: seattle cosmetology apprenticeship fund
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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 →