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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 “forman”
Where the money went
Largest: $12.5M to FORMAN ARTS INITIATIVE — this grant is intended to provide the forman arts initiative funds to acquire untitled dss 137 sculpture by donald judd in furthering the organization's mission.
Largest: $150,000 to FRIENDS OF FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE — helping forman christian college in three ways: rector support; the tsa-hostel project; completing the campus center
Largest: $15,000 to FORMAN JOSSIE — fellowship stipend
Largest: $5,000 to Friends of Forman Christian College — education scholarships
The Forman Valley Community FoundationManito, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $82,590 · through 2025Largest: $35,500 to Forman Fire Protection District — starcom radio project
Largest: $625,000 to THE FORMAN SCHOOL — to support the charitable activities of the organization.
Orlean & Ralph W Beeson FundBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $38,700 · through 2024Largest: $14,500 to FRIENDS OF FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE — scholarships and housing for female students at forman christian college
Largest: $15,000 to THE FORMAN SCHOOL INC — general & unrestricted
Foundation for the CarolinasCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to FORMAN SCHOOLS INC — charitable gift
Largest: $75,000 to DREXEL UNIVERSITY — support is intended to establish the forman arts initiative co-op program fund at the lenfest center for cultural partnerships. the program is intended to run for 5 years.
Balgley Family Charitable FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
3 matching grants · $152,501 · through 2024Largest: $51,500 to FORMAN SCHOOL — private college prepratory school for high school and post-graduate student with diagnosed learning differences
Largest: $25,000 to FORMAN SCHOOL — for the use of the donee organization
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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 →