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The Simons Foundation Inc → Princeton University: $860K across 2 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $722K across 2 grants, latest 2024Select Equity Group Foundation → Darkness to Light: $437K across 14 grants, latest 2025The Chicago Community Trust → American Writers Museum: $413K across 2 grants, latest 2021Borealis Philanthropy → Darkness Rising: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Yale University: $234K across 1 grant, latest 2024Windsong Trust → Mondays Dark: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024Wet Mtn Valley Community Foundation → Dark Skies: $89K across 5 grants, latest 2025The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Volksoper Wien Gmbh: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Darke County Center for the Arts: $26K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Cancer Association of Darke County: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ketrow Foundation → Cancer Assoc of Darke County: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences: $784K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $498K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Deeply Rooted Productions: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2021Windsong Trust → Mondays Dark Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → University of Maryland: $196K across 2 grants, latest 2024Select Equity Group Foundation → Darkness to Light: $142K across 1 grant, latest 2022Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Cancer Association of Darke County: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Opera Zuid: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Center for the Arts: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ketrow Foundation → Darke County Center for the Arts: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: $480K across 1 grant, latest 2020John Templeton Foundation → University of Florida Board of Trustees: $162K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Columbia College Chicago: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → University of Minnesota (4): $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Darke County United Way: $11K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Empowering Darke County Youth: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ketrow Foundation → YMCA of Darke County: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $206K across 2 grants, latest 2020The Simons Foundation Inc → Bigelow Laboratory: $77K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2020Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2020John Templeton Foundation → University of California Riverside: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Orchestra of the Music Makers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Empowering Darke County Youth: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Meredith College: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2025Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → YMCA of Darke County: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → YMCA of Darke County: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Friends of the Shelter: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Bronx Opera Company: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Animal Shelter: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music → Brigantes Music: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Historical Society: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Darke County Park District: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Darke County Crime Stoppers: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Darke County College Access Program: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc → Darke County Historical Society: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Pregnancy Help Center: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ketrow Foundation → Empowering Darke County: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Educational Service Ce: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ketrow Foundation → Darke County Education Service Cent: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ketrow Foundation → Empowering Darke County Youth: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ketrow Foundation → Darke County Park District: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund → Darke County Park District: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ketrow Foundation → Darke County Pregnancy Help Center: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ketrow Foundation → Darke County Historical Society Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo…$2.0MThe Simons Foundation Inc: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Simons Foundation Inc$1.8MThe Chicago Community Trust: $669K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$669KJohn Templeton Foundation: $615K on this topic. Open the funder.John Templeton Foundation$615KSelect Equity Group Foundation: $579K on this topic. Open the funder.Select Equity Group Foundation$579KWindsong Trust: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.Windsong Trust$400KBorealis Philanthropy: $325K on this topic. Open the funder.Borealis Philanthropy$325KWet Mtn Valley Community Foundation: $89K on this topic. Open the funder.Wet Mtn Valley Community Foun…$89KThe Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: $86K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kurt Weill Foundation for…$86KHarry D Stephens Memorial Inc: $86K on this topic. Open the funder.Harry D Stephens Memorial Inc$86KLydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund: $58K on this topic. Open the funder.Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust…$58KKetrow Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.Ketrow Foundation$23KPrinceton University: received $860K on this topicPrinceton University$860KBigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences: received $784K on this topicBigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences$784KRegents of the University of California: received $722K on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$722KThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $498K on this topicThe Board of Trustees of the Le…$498KThe Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: received $480K on this topicThe Board of Trustees - Leland…$480KDarkness to Light: received $437K on this topicDarkness to Light$437KAmerican Writers Museum: received $413K on this topicAmerican Writers Museum$413KDarkness Rising: received $325K on this topicDarkness Rising$325KYale University: received $234K on this topicYale University$234KDeeply Rooted Productions: received $230K on this topicDeeply Rooted Productions$230KRegents of the University of California: received $206K on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$206KMondays Dark: received $200K on this topicMondays Dark$200KMondays Dark Inc: received $200K on this topicMondays Dark Inc$200KUniversity of Maryland: received $196K on this topicUniversity of Maryland$196KUniversity of Florida Board of Trustees: received $162K on this topicUniversity of Florida Board of…$162KDarkness to Light: received $142K on this topicDarkness to Light$142KNew York University: received $125K on this topicNew York University$125KDark Skies: received $89K on this topicDark Skies$89KBigelow Laboratory: received $77K on this topicBigelow Laboratory$77KPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $67K on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$67KUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $56K on this topicUniversity of North Carolina at…$56KDarke County Center for the Arts: received $40K on this topicDarke County Center for the Arts$40KCancer Association of Darke County: received $35K on this topicCancer Association of Darke Cou…$35KVolksoper Wien Gmbh: received $30K on this topicVolksoper Wien Gmbh$30KColumbia College Chicago: received $26K on this topicColumbia College Chicago$26KUniversity of California Riverside: received $23K on this topicUniversity of California Rivers…$23KEmpowering Darke County Youth: received $18K on this topicEmpowering Darke County Youth$18KYMCA of Darke County: received $16K on this topicYMCA of Darke County$16KOpera Zuid: received $15K on this topicOpera Zuid$15KUniversity of Minnesota (4): received $15K on this topicUniversity of Minnesota (4)$15KDarke County United Way: received $11K on this topicDarke County United Way$11KOrchestra of the Music Makers: received $10K on this topicOrchestra of the Music Makers$10KCancer Assoc of Darke County: received $8K on this topicCancer Assoc of Darke County$8KMeredith College: received $7K on this topicMeredith College$7KDarke County Historical Society: received $7K on this topicDarke County Historical Society$7KDarke County Park District: received $7K on this topicDarke County Park District$7KDarke County Friends of the Shelter: received $6K on this topicDarke County Friends of the She…$6KBronx Opera Company: received $5K on this topicBronx Opera Company$5KDarke County Animal Shelter: received $5K on this topicDarke County Animal Shelter$5KBrigantes Music: received $5K on this topicBrigantes Music$5KDarke County Crime Stoppers: received $3K on this topicDarke County Crime Stoppers$3KDarke County Pregnancy Help Center: received $3K on this topicDarke County Pregnancy Help Cen…$3KDarke County College Access Program: received $3K on this topicDarke County College Access Pro…$3KEmpowering Darke County: received $2K on this topicEmpowering Darke County$2KDarke County Educational Service Ce: received $2K on this topicDarke County Educational Servic…$2KDarke County Education Service Cent: received $2K on this topicDarke County Education Service…$2KDarke County Historical Society Inc: received $1K on this topicDarke County Historical Society…$1K
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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 →