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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 “dave”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to DAVE AND MARY APLER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — matzvah factory - weekly childhood scholarships
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $651,250 to YALE UNIVERSITY — to support the herold laboratory, currently overseen by dr. kevan herold. to support the furniture study on the west campus and the friends of american art at yale. for the dave le…
Largest: $558,817 to Dave Thomas Fund for Adoption — in honor of james annenberg
Largest: $200,000 to Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption — to dramatically increase the number of adoptions of children waiting in north americas foster care system.
Largest: $83,603 to Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption — program sponsorship
Blue Meridian PartnersNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $24.9M · through 2023Largest: $8.9M to DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION — to support scaling plan
John and Golda Cohen TrustBrookline Village, MA
4 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Dave's House — donation togeneralfund
Largest: $35,000 to DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION — the purpose of these contributions is to aid the donee public organizations to carry out their exempt charitable functions.
Largest: $85,000 to DAVE POCTA — advanced degree in biblical studies
Largest: $35,000 to Dave's House — general charitable
Largest: $20,000 to DAVE KRACHE FOUNDATION INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $10,000 to Gonzaga University — dave james scholarship 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 →