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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 “deserving”
Where the money went
Largest: $52,500 to AVERETT UNIVERSITY — educational scholarships to deserving students
Largest: $29,500 to OLEAN HIGH SCHOOL — scholarship for deserving students
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $376,759 · through 2024Largest: $57,027 to HAMDEN HALL COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — for the purpose of providing college and/or graduate or professional school scholarships and loans to deserving students graduating from either hamden hall country day school, or a…
Largest: $10,000 to JILLIAN SLOTNICK — scholarships awarded for deserving seniors going on to further education in the sport of swimming, diving or gymnastics.
Largest: $130,000 to LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST — to be used to fund scholarships for deserving long beach polytechnichigh school students.
Largest: $4,500 to RIMERSBURG UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — distribution of food to deserving persons.
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $392,225 · through 2023Largest: $95,400 to CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS — to distribute the cadogan awards. for scholarship support, as specified. for an honorarium for a deserving faculty member of the institute. to support double ground. for the stephe…
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $433,865 · through 2024Largest: $188,699 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — scholarships to needy and deserving students
Madeleine H Gordon Dba Gift of LifeCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $171,067 · through 2025Largest: $44,760 to UC PHYSICIANS - TO ASSIST DESERVING COUPLES WITH INFERTILITY — to assist deserving couples with expenses for fertility treatments
Largest: $10,250 to PRATHAM USA 76-0620808 — cover educational and general relief expenses for deserving children.
Largest: $15,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY — 6 scholarships of $2,500 per year to deserving students based on merit without regard to race, religion or financial need
Harvard Club of Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $799,181 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — provide undergraduate scholarships to deserving students
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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 →