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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 “edison”
Where the money went
Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, NJCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $558,199 to THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY — scholarships to students as designated by the requirements of the donors
Largest: $10,000 to EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION — edison neighborhood association's programs, projects and services
Largest: $7,500 to The Thomas Edison Center of Menlo Park — thomas edison honor and education
Largest: $15,000 to EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC — program support
Kalamazoo Community FoundationKalamazoo, MICharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $159,750 · through 2024Largest: $77,650 to EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC — individual & families
Largest: $308,914 to THE EDISON INSTITUTE INC — to support the integration of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in their invention education work, in addition to sustaining a national network of invention convention affi…
Largest: $15,000 to THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY — scholarship program
Largest: $97,793 to YMCA OF METUCHEN EDISON — general operating
Thomas a Edison Charter School ofWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $499,944 · through 2024Largest: $272,580 to THOMAS A EDISON CHARTER — student activities
Community Foundation of New JerseyMorristown, NJCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $491,500 · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to EDISON INNOVATION FOUNDATION — unrestricted grant to support organization's exempt purpose
Largest: $60,000 to THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — mature students scholarships
Largest: $19,991 to EDISON LOCAL SCHOOLS — edison middle school gym widescreen projector.
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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 →