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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 “denise”
Where the money went
Largest: $34,250 to Texas State University — scholarships for diocelyn ramirez ($5,000), brianna rojas-trejo ($5,200), veronica ruiz ($6,500), arianna salazar ($1,250), julianna saucedo ($4,900), jonnalys soto ($5,000), denis…
Largest: $105,000 to KATHY DENISE WRIGHT - OHIO ST U — 79429 improving stress and hypertension outcomes in african-american female caregivers of persons living with dementia -- kathy denise wright, phd
Largest: $15,000 to DYER DENISE — fellowship stipend
Alabama Partnership for ChildrenMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $120,290 · through 2024Largest: $32,100 to CAROLYN DENISE WHITE DBA MOTHER'S TOUCH HOME DAYCARE — to assist in attracting and retaining a qualified and skilled workforce
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $40,500 · through 2024Largest: $8,000 to DENISE LOUIE EDUCATION CENTER — to provide general support
Early Learning Coalition of BrowardFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $587,277 · through 2024Largest: $201,934 to LAWANDA DENISE HENDERSON DBA TAYLOR'S TOTS PRESCHOOL INC — child care reimbursements and other grants (non-recurring) to providers
Largest: $40,000 to Denise Amber Lee Foundation Inc — general operating support
Largest: $1.4M to Harvard University — faculty of arts & sciences for the denise a. and eugene w. chinery research scholar fund
Sheng-Yen Lu FoundationRedmond, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $117,000 · through 2024Largest: $39,000 to DENISE LOUIE EDUCATION CENTER — sponsorship, health and education access
Hillsborough County School ReadinessTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $150,790 · through 2023Largest: $73,332 to SHEPHERD NICOLE DENISE — covid assistance for providers
Largest: $5,000 to ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — for the leadership advisory council in appreciation of art institute board chair denise gardner
Largest: $20,000 to DENISE LOUIE EDUCATION CENTER — general operating
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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 →