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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 “essay”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — for the penn project on the future of us-china relations to hold a meeting of a transatlantic & european dialogue on china at science po in paris and to produce and amplify the imp…
Largest: $243,000 to PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND — 2024 eon essay contest
Catholic Business Network of MontgomeryKensington, MDCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $36,000 · through 2024Largest: $9,000 to ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL — need based scholarships, school project grants and essay awards
Largest: $250,000 to Georgetown University — to support futureed, an independent think tank at georgetown university's mccourt school of public policy, to research, write, and publish a series of essays that will examine how …
Largest: $25,000 to NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC — support for the college essay coaching program
Largest: $2,000 to Essay Contest — education - provided 8 essay contest winners with amounts ranging from $50 to $1000.
Largest: $1,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE — scholarship grant awarded to the university of delaware provide to a student in recognition of outstanding performance in an essay competition for socionomic theory.
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $177,800 · through 2024Largest: $66,750 to Center for Northern Woodlands Education — for general/operating support and weekly ecology essay series
Largest: $5,000 to KEENE HIGH SCHOOL — abraham lincoln essay award
Largest: $10,000 to UTAH LABOR COMMUNITY SERVICES — safety essay awards contest and luncheon
Largest: $33,445 to MASONIC CHARITY FND SENIOR ESSAY CONTEST — 25 recipients plus expenses
Largest: $12,500 to LAUREN SWEET — 2023 scholarship runner up award and 2023 best essay 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 →