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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 “curtis”
Where the money went
The Curtis FundMiddlebury, VTCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.1M to VERMONT SCHOLARSHIP FUND CO VERMONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION — to provide scholarship awards from the curtis fund, inc.
Largest: $237,691 to University of Maine Farmington — scholarships - w adams, d betts, c blake, k bond, g bonito, a bowden, d breton, a brooks, c bross, l bryant, o bryant, j campbell, e carrasquillo, k cloutier, b colbeth, a cressey,…
Largest: $4,000 to CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — undergraduate scholar awards
The Mary Louise Curtis Bok FoundationPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $17.2M · through 2024Largest: $4.7M to CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — to support operations of the curtis institute of music
Largest: $50,000 to Susan L Curtis Foundation — general operating support
Largest: $14,444 to Utah Valley University — scholarships for hailie curtis (5,000), makel woolstenhulme (5,000), and monique warner (4,444)
Largest: $1.0M to CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — young alumni fund grant (installment 1 of 3)
The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
4 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to CURTIS SCHOOL FOUNDATION — scholarship support, 2023-2024
Largest: $15,000 to LILLY CURTIS — scholarship for higher education
Largest: $60,000 to SUSAN L CURTIS FOUNDATION — camp susan curtis
Largest: $105,000 to CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — advancement of violin studies
Largest: $100,000 to CURTIS V COOPER PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INC — community giving- dental
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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 →