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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 “cynthia”
Where the money went
Largest: $42,343 to Texas Christian University — scholarships for stephanie benavides ($10,000), cynthia cadena ($9,900), aidan kane ($1,818), kenia martinez ($2,000), sung par ($9,025), kamron poland ($3,400), brandi quezada zun…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $316,950 · through 2022Largest: $6,000 to Hammond New Harvest Worship Center — matching the contribution of cynthia hood, pgl employee - august request, matching the contribution of cynthia hood, pgl employee, matching the contribution of cynthia hood, pgl em…
Largest: $3,000 to CYNTHIA MILLER — fire recovery assistance
Largest: $75,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — cynthia kresges trustee recognition grant to support duke universitys physician assistant program.
The Cynthia & George Mitchell FoundationThe Woodlands, TX
5 matching grants · $341,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Wildwood School Inc — for the wildwood outreach center fellowship fund in the memory of cynthia woods mitchell
YonderBellevue, WA
2 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $609,105 to BRYN MAWR COLLEGE — cynthia lovelace sears '59 endowment scholarship fund and cynthia lovelace sears '59 student support fund
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to VICTORIA MANSION — in honor of cynthia macdonald
Largest: $15,000 to JIMENEZ CYNTHIA — fellowship stipend
Largest: $46,080 to CYNTHIA ODU — educational scholarship
Largest: $103,750 to OLIVER CYNTHIA — doris duke artist award
Richard R Dossin Family FoundationGrosse Pointe Shores, MI
4 matching grants · $145,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM — dr. cynthia d. ray rescue fund and sandcastles grief support program
Hillsborough County School ReadinessTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $256,165 · through 2023Largest: $74,330 to CHIPP CYNTHIA A — american rescue plan act grant
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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 →