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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “fellowhips”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,000 to PRISON FELLOWHIP — sustaining fund
Largest: $1,000 to FELLOWHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — general operations
Largest: $7,000 to SONS OF THE FLAG — for fellowhips in burn care
Largest: $6,000 to fellowhip of inner light — health/education/religious
Largest: $62,747 to KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY — graduate fellowhip endowment
Largest: $125,000 to UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — h&d memorial early childhood educ schlp and the mary tenny castle memorial graduate fellowhip for 2023-24 acad yr
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $56,750 · through 2022Largest: $56,750 to Leadership Greater Chicago — general operating support, support for lgc annual appeal class challenge, class of 2007 contribution, in support of the 2022 leadership series: all hands on deck, in support of the…
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $54,500 · through 2022Largest: $54,500 to Northwestern University — support for fellowhips
Clay Electric FoundationKeystone Heights, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to FELLOWHIP BAPTIST FOOD PANTRY — pursuit of the foundations overall mission
Largest: $1,950 to BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWHIP INTERNATIONAL — general operations
Jb FoundationNorth Webster, IN
1 matching grant · $1,000 · through 2023Largest: $1,000 to MISSION AVIATION FELLOWHIP — to help further their exempt purpose
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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 →