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4 funders with a record of paying for “discrentionary”

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The Pargh Foundation → Chabad of South Orlando: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022Foundation for Child Development → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Nell J Redfield Foundation → Unr Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Agnes S & Victor Markwalter → Apparo Academy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Education Trust Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Guardianorg Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Springboard to Opportunities: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Mothering Justice: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Third Sector New England Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Philanthropy New York: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Center for Law and Social Policy: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Grantmakers for Education: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Asian American-Pacific Islander in Philanthropy: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Grantmakers for Effective Organizations: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants & Refugees: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development → Peak Grantmaking: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation for Child Development: $172K on this topic. Open the funder.Foundation for Child Developm…$172KThe Pargh Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder.The Pargh Foundation$35KThe Nell J Redfield Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Nell J Redfield Foundation$25KAgnes S & Victor Markwalter: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Agnes S & Victor Markwalter$1KChabad of South Orlando: received $35K on this topicChabad of South Orlando$35KPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $30K on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$30KEducation Trust Inc: received $30K on this topicEducation Trust Inc$30KGuardianorg Foundation: received $30K on this topicGuardianorg Foundation$30KSpringboard to Opportunities: received $30K on this topicSpringboard to Opportunities$30KUnr Foundation: received $25K on this topicUnr Foundation$25KMothering Justice: received $15K on this topicMothering Justice$15KThird Sector New England Inc: received $11K on this topicThird Sector New England Inc$11KPhilanthropy New York: received $8K on this topicPhilanthropy New York$8KCenter for Law and Social Policy: received $5K on this topicCenter for Law and Social Policy$5KGrantmakers for Education: received $3K on this topicGrantmakers for Education$3KAsian American-Pacific Islander in Philanthropy: received $3K on this topicAsian American-Pacific Islander…$3KGrantmakers for Effective Organizations: received $3K on this topicGrantmakers for Effective Organ…$3KGrantmakers Concerned With Immigrants & Refugees: received $3K on this topicGrantmakers Concerned With Immi…$3KNational Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: received $2K on this topicNational Committee for Responsi…$2KPeak Grantmaking: received $1K on this topicPeak Grantmaking$1KApparo Academy: received $1K on this topicApparo Academy$1K
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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 →