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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 “ephraim”
Where the money went
Donald M Ephraim FamilyHighland Park, IL
11 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2025Largest: $501,000 to DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE — $435,000 for the donald m ephraim endowed fund for cancer research and $65,000 to the donald m ephraim fund for cancer research.
Rheumatology Research FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to University of Washington — ephraim p. engleman endowed resident research preceptorship
Largest: $2,000 to EPHRAIM VANZANTE — college tuition
Milwaukee Jewish FederationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $56,218 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to CONGREGATION BETH EPHRAIM — general donations
Comerica Charitable TrustDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to CONGREGATION BEIS EPHRAIM — for the organization's general charitable purposes
Blue Grass Community FoundationLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,922 · through 2024Largest: $9,751 to EPHRAIM MCDOWELL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Largest: $1,300 to ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE ILLINOIS — audrey ephraim women's center
Largest: $1,000 to EPHRAIM MEN'S CLUB — scholarship breakfast
Largest: $6,000 to EPHRAIM MCDOWELL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — support good works funding
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2021Largest: $10,000 to The Ephraim Bahar Cultural Center — zakat general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest New Jersey — supplementary support for the amelia and ephraim hirschhorn senior adult jewish education program
Petoskey-Harbor Springs AreaPetoskey, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $87,872 · through 2024Largest: $87,872 to HARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — shay locomotive restoration, bringing history to life campaign, hs historical corridor, ephraim shay innovation museum artesian well exhibit
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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 →