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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 “evelyn”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,232 to University of Arizona - Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute — funding of the evelyn f. mcknight brain institute at the university of arizona
Largest: $30,050 to University of California-Riverside — scholarships for paola reyes ($5,000), alyssa rodriguez ($5,000), denice rodriguez ($3,834), evelyn salazar ($1,100), dalia salgado ($5,200), eric simpson ($1,000), vyna ton ($6,69…
Largest: $38,681 to EVELYN DALTON — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
Largest: $250,000 to Ball State University Foundation — the $250,000 gifted in 2023 was directed to two scholarship programs through the teachers college.$200,000 for the william & evelyn stokes foundation mathematics educators scholars…
Largest: $15,000 to ISRAEL EVELYN — fellowship stipend
Largest: $640,000 to EVELYN ALEXANDER HOME FOR ANIMALS — animal rescue
Largest: $8,118 to EVELYN GARZA — educational scholarship
United Way of Central IowaDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $930,004 to DMACC ANKENY — adult basic education and training , manup iowa mentoring, evelyn k. davis center for working families
Largest: $1.3M to BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL — evelyn's house
Largest: $14,000 to MARYVILLE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND — funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
Jewish Community Center Endowment FundHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $773,196 to Evelyn Rubenstein JCC — program operations
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $691,022 · through 2024Largest: $346,525 to EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON — public benefit
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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 →

