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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 “cougar”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to UH COUGAR PRIDE SCHOLARSHIP — scholarship program
Largest: $1.3M to WSU COUGAR ATHLETIC FOUNDATION — support of student athletics
Largest: $5,000 to KEARNS HIGH SCHOOL — food bank, cougar claw journalism, cougar club preschool
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $732,835 · through 2024Largest: $320,000 to UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON — to provide uh cougar reading tutors for fifth & third ward schools.
College of Charleston FoundationCharleston, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $643,818 · through 2024Largest: $405,008 to CHARLESTON ATHLETIC FUND — college of charleston cougar club: operational support
Spencer Wilson Charitable TrustMoose, WYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $540,120 · through 2024Largest: $230,120 to COUGAR FUND INC — to support the organization's exempt purpose
Deep WellBellevue, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $522,083 · through 2024Largest: $220,857 to CORNERSTONE COUGARS INC — to support foreign schools as part of the cci mission
Largest: $15,000 to WHHS COUGAR PRIDE FOUNDATION — operations support
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $189,233 · through 2024Largest: $75,840 to THE COUGAR FUND — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to YEAMANS HALL FOUNDATION — cougar classic
Largest: $50,000 to University of Houston — cougars in recovery program
Bird City Century IiBird City, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $117,586 · through 2024Largest: $42,905 to COUGAR CUB DAYCARE INC — human services
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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 →