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4 funders with a record of paying for “dentristy”

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W and H Thomas Charitable Trust → Little Lights Dentristy: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mitchell Wolfson Sr Foundation → Herman Ostrow School of Dentristy of USC: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Byron Robinson Educational → Meharry Medical College: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jerome B Miller Family Foundation → University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2023Mitchell Wolfson Sr Foundation → Herman Ostrow School of Dentristy: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021W and H Thomas Charitable Trust: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.W and H Thomas Charitable Tru…$50KMitchell Wolfson Sr Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Mitchell Wolfson Sr Foundation$40KByron Robinson Educational: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Byron Robinson Educational$10KJerome B Miller Family Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.Jerome B Miller Family Founda…$9KLittle Lights Dentristy: received $50K on this topicLittle Lights Dentristy$50KHerman Ostrow School of Dentristy of USC: received $30K on this topicHerman Ostrow School of Dentris…$30KMeharry Medical College: received $10K on this topicMeharry Medical College$10KHerman Ostrow School of Dentristy: received $10K on this topicHerman Ostrow School of Dentris…$10KUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: received $9K on this topicUniversity of Oklahoma Foundati…$9K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →