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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 “fitzgerald”
Where the money went
Largest: $265,939 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - l christiansen, m cipriano, a clark, b clark, m clarke, j claybaugh, t clayton, j clough, h clukey, b coates, j cochran, g cody, d colson, d conder, j cook…
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $614,550 · through 2024Largest: $185,014 to John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Inc — operating support/annual fund
Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE — scholarship - patrick fitzgerald
Largest: $360,000 to (699) ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC — to support the public art program
Greenway Business Improvement DistrictBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC — maintenance, operations, and enhancements of the rose f. kennedy greeway park.
Largest: $31,000 to DJA IMANI FITZGERALD - TENNESSEE U — 79928 health policy research scholars cohort six - 2022
Largest: $125,000 to LIVE6 ALLIANCE — this project grant will fund the live6 alliance to implement a series of placemaking activations, installations, and engagements across several recent physical capital investments,…
Trustees of Boston UniversityBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc — research charitable donation
Largest: $6,000 to JACE FITZGERALD — scholarship - montana state university
Largest: $20,000 to ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC — chin park placekeeping initiative
The Merrick FoundationOklahoma City, OK
5 matching grants · $18,150 · through 2023Largest: $10,400 to POSITIVE TOMORROWS — discretionary grant - merrick fitzgerald
Arts and Humanities Council of MontgomerSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $9,800 to F SCOTT FITZGERALD LITERARY CONFERENCE INC — project grant
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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 →