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3 funders with a record of paying for “desginated”

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Martin Architecture and Design → Artcenter College of Desgin: $214K across 2 grants, latest 2024Martha Holden Jennings Foundation → Jennings Summer Math Institute Grades 4-5: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2023Fayette County Foundation Inc → Historic Elmhurst: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Martha Holden Jennings Foundation → Jennings Summer Math Institute Grades 6-8: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Fayette County Foundation Inc → First Presbyterian Church: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → Historic Connersville Inc: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → Whitewater Valley Railroad: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → St Gabriel Catholic School: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → Indiana Audubon: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → Central Christian Church: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fayette County Foundation Inc → Fayette County School Corporation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Martin Architecture and Design: $214K on this topic. Open the funder.Martin Architecture and Design$214KFayette County Foundation Inc: $92K on this topic. Open the funder.Fayette County Foundation Inc$92KMartha Holden Jennings Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.Martha Holden Jennings Founda…$43KArtcenter College of Desgin: received $214K on this topicArtcenter College of Desgin$214KJennings Summer Math Institute Grades 4-5: received $24K on this topicJennings Summer Math Institute…$24KHistoric Elmhurst: received $20K on this topicHistoric Elmhurst$20KJennings Summer Math Institute Grades 6-8: received $20K on this topicJennings Summer Math Institute…$20KFirst Presbyterian Church: received $14K on this topicFirst Presbyterian Church$14KHistoric Connersville Inc: received $12K on this topicHistoric Connersville Inc$12KWawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Inc: received $10K on this topicWawasee Area Conservancy Founda…$10KWhitewater Valley Railroad: received $10K on this topicWhitewater Valley Railroad$10KSt Gabriel Catholic School: received $8K on this topicSt Gabriel Catholic School$8KIndiana Audubon: received $6K on this topicIndiana Audubon$6KCentral Christian Church: received $6K on this topicCentral Christian Church$6KFayette County School Corporation: received $5K on this topicFayette County School Corporati…$5K
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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 →