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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 “fore”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,500 to FORE KIDS FOUNDATION INC — program support
Largest: $5,000 to DRIVE FORE THE TROOPS — to support our troops and their families by sustaining the many programs offered through the uso.
Largest: $25,000 to PARTNERS FORE GOLF INC DBA THE FIRST TEE TRI-VALLEY — scholarship program
Largest: $15,000 to FORE KIDS FOUNDATION INC — to support the organization's giving fund
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $391,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to MAINE FORE CHARITY — community & human services
Akron Community FoundationAkron, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $59,586 · through 2024Largest: $20,750 to GREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC DBA FIRST TEE - GREATER AKRON — for general program support
Largest: $45,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — gavin quimby medical research fundgolf fore diabetes research
Largest: $50,000 to GOLF FORE LIFE SKILLS — generl support
Largest: $10,000 to Fore Children (Virginia State Golf Association Foundation) — golf scholarships for under served children; independence golf course camp/activities
Largest: $5,000 to VNA & HOSPICE OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION — a golf day fore vna 2024
Largest: $10,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL - FORE THE KIDS — to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
Largest: $5,500 to Golf Fore Africa — provide support to bring clean water to impoverished african communities.
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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 →