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12 funders with a record of paying for “elaine”
Where the money went
Largest: $26,000 to ELAINE MARIE HERNANDEZ - INDIANA U — 80401 interdisciplinary research leaders cohort seven - 2022
Alabama Partnership for ChildrenMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $98,040 · through 2024Largest: $27,600 to DEBORAH ELAINE SPEARS — to assist in attracting and retaining a qualified and skilled workforce
United Way of Greater Milwaukee &Milwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $622,349 to SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — community food bank,youth social development,elaine schreiber child development center,donor designations,community schools
Largest: $95,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — general support under the elaine stern foundation fund of the community foundation for southeast michigan.
Perlman Family Foundation Founded By Anita and Louis PerlmanDeerfield, IL
4 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2025Largest: $45,000 to NORTON & ELAINE SARNOFF CENTER FOR JEWISH GENETICS — civic & social
Largest: $100,000 to ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER-LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE — foundation grant - general operating support
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION — elaine atwood excellence & completion scholarships
Largest: $25,000 to GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL — contribution in support of festival's engagement and education program honoring memory of elaine and james wolfensohn
Largest: $9,000 to ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER — encourage knowledge and appreciation of contemporary american music
Largest: $1,250 to ELAINE H WIRTH — unrestricted and restricted contribution
Largest: $20,000 to Brigham Young University — to joe and elaine rawlinson nursing endowed scholarship fund for nursing scholarships in the college of nursing
Valley of the Sun United WayPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $141,640 · through 2024Largest: $69,540 to Elaine — program support
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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 →