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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 “deceased”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to DECEASED BERNICE WOODLE — burial assistance
Largest: $1.2M to WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — to provide pensions to retired ministers and widows and dependent children of deceased ministers.
Largest: $91,928 to Patricia Lane — financial assistance to deceased members family/beneficiaries
Largest: $145,787 to SCHOLARSHIPS — legacy of learning scholarships awarded to family members of deceased workers'. paid directly to institutions of higher learning.
Largest: $30,000 to FALLEN OFFICERS FUND OF DOUGLAS COUNTY — assistance to douglas county sheriff's office members who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty or who become deceased as a result of illness accident, injury, or nat…
Largest: $15,771 to SPECIAL AGENTS INSURANCE FUND — support of beneficiaries of deceased agents
Congregation Rodfeh ZedekNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $20,800 · through 2025Largest: $5,200 to MISAKIM — dignity of deceased, assistance of bereaved
Andersen FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — in memoriam of deceased former employee of andersen tax llc.
Cape Girardeau Noon Lions ClubCape Girardeau, MO
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to VFW AVENUE OF FLAGS VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR — assist with the recognition of deceased veterans by providing funds to the vfw avenue of flags to assist in providing replacement flags and new flags for deceased veterans from the…
Law Enforcement UnitedChesapeake, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to Concerns of Police Survivors Inc — support families of deceased officers
Largest: $8,441 to NAVY SEALS FOUNDATION — grant to aid families of deceased seals and aid wounded seals
Largest: $5,000 to Gillian Anderson — grant paid for program supporting foundation's community-area residents who have experienced tragic death (benefit to surviving spouse of deceased resident).
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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 →