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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 “fordham”
Where the money went
Largest: $210,000 to FORDHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL — scholarship fund
Largest: $200,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduat…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $414,300 · through 2023Largest: $33,250 to Fordham University — support for fordham college at rose hill honors program. support of men?s basketball program, athletic department general operating support, general operating support, fordham coll…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $527,100 · through 2024Largest: $210,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — scholarships & financial aid
Largest: $310,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — clinical mental health services in the bronx community
Largest: $113,327 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — sch2019-4: brother kearney scholarship program, phase 4, july 2019 - june 2024
Largest: $5,100 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY CONTROLLERS OFF — program/operating support
Largest: $39,050 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — general operating purpose
Largest: $400,000 to THOMAS B FORDHAM INSTITUTE — k-12 education; postsecondary education
Deloitte FoundationStamford, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $607,842 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — deloitte foundation accounting scholars program.
Familial Dysautonomia Now FoundationBuffalo Grove, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $710,412 · through 2024Largest: $179,280 to fordham university — lab for fd research
Largest: $110,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — stein center; law bldg fundfounders society; feerick centerbellet fellowship
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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 →