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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 “denny”
Where the money went
Largest: $17,250 to University of La Verne — scholarships for kendra dennis ($12,000) and kimberly sandoval ($5,250)
Largest: $7,000 to OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH — operational support for st. anthony of padua & st. dennis churchoperational support for st. anthony of padua & st. dennis church
Largest: $40,000 to COUNTY OF REFUGIO - DENNIS M O'CONNOR LIBRARY — library operations
Largest: $2,500 to FRIENDS OF DENNIS SENIOR CITIZENS I — human services
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $302,391 · through 2024Largest: $143,731 to MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — dennis and donna oldorf hospice house fund, hall-mar village, chris & suzy dewolf innovation center, fate's mending heart program, family caregivers center, hall-perrine cancer cen…
Largest: $240,000 to DENNIS-YARMOUTH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT — scholarship program
Largest: $47,777 to DENNIS LOSETT — educational scholarship
Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyNapa, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $41,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to UPVALLEY FAMILY CENTERS OF NAPA COUNTY — for general support. this gift was made possible by the generosity of anne carver and dennis sutro
Largest: $10,000 to LT DENNIS W ZILINSKI II MEMORIAL FUND — home runs for heroes
Largest: $118,850 to BCIT FOUNDATION — the dennis & phyllis washington foundation open arms expansion
Largest: $3,000 to Dennis Union Church — to further the objectives of the recipient organization.
Largest: $60,000 to DENNIS & LINDA BAUER FOUNDATION — general charitable purposes - religious
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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 →

