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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 “donnell”
Where the money went
Southwestern Medical FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $35.2M · through 2024Largest: $31.6M to UT SOUTHWESTERN — to support b rowling fund o'donnell brain institute
The Community Foundation of GreaterChattanooga, TNCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $86,508 · through 2023Largest: $12,612 to EMILY O'DONNELL LAW — epi march project management and legal services
Largest: $250,000 to SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION KARL & ESTHER HOBLITZELLE FUND — toward a capital campaign for the brain research tower for the peter o'donnell jr. brain institute.
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $111,000 · through 2024Largest: $41,000 to Joey O'Donnell Foundation Trust — operating support/annual fund
Golf Charitable FoundationDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $335,000 · through 2023Largest: $135,000 to O'DONNELL & FRIENDS CHARITIES — general operations
Largest: $84,683 to BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE — o'donnell chair in family medicine operating support
Largest: $7,500 to Seven Hills School (JaMarques Davis & Liam Green & Brian Donnell Myrick II) — educational, religious, and charitable(including scholarships to students under an approved program)
Largest: $10,500 to NOTRE DAME ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL — employee matching gift by jill o'donnell tormey
Largest: $15,000 to O'DONNELL MEGAN — fellowship stipend
Largest: $40,000 to UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER — peter o'donnell jr. school of public health
The Hershey FoundationConcord Twnsp, OH
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS — endowment for the maura o'donnell-mccarthy center for global understanding
Largest: $2,000 to ALLISON O'DONNELL — undergraduate scholarship award
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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 →