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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 “erik”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to WHITMAN COLLEGE — to support the erik e. and edith h. bergstrom scholarship fund
Largest: $36,550 to University of Houston — scholarships for ameera maharaj ($7,500), erik malpica ($4,500), jennifer marin hernandez ($6,250), jacqueline mata ($2,050), janelle miramontes ($10,000), fatima monjaraz ($1,250)…
Largest: $10,000 to ERIK B WAGNER — scholarship recipient
Largest: $91,757 to ERIK JENNER — ai fellows program - educational scholarship
C K Blandin FoundationGrand Rapids, MN
5 matching grants · $5,800 · through 2024Largest: $1,250 to OVERLEE ERIK — scholarship - university of wisconsin-madison
Largest: $15,000 to SHOLD ERIK — fellowship stipend
Fraternal Order of Police Tucson Lodge NTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $51,100 · through 2025Largest: $14,300 to ERIK HITE FOUNDATION — expansion of daycare for first responders.
Perkins-Prothro FoundationWichita Falls, TX
4 matching grants · $19,870 · through 2024Largest: $9,870 to Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas — j. erik johnson school
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — in support of dr. erik nestler's team in the research of mood disorders
Largest: $28,500 to ERIK WASINGER — educational scholarship
Largest: $3,000 to CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC — general operating support. in honor of matthew meserve and his parents erik and sarah meserve.
Largest: $25,000 to MOUNT SAINT MARY COLLEGE ITF ERIK A — scholarship program: scholarship
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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 →