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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 “frances”
Where the money went
Largest: $89,250 to IMPACT FRANCE INC — for inspiring others in generosity.
Largest: $5,000 to NOUS FOUNDATION INC AKA FULBRIGHT FRANCE — support student exchange between france and the united states.
Largest: $95,648 to Swarthmore College — frances velay women's science research fellowship program
Largest: $57,800 to RESEAU EUROMED FRANCE — to launch a vast project to raise awareness of french and european public authorities and the general public about the role of mediterranean diaspora organizations in france in the…
Largest: $30,590 to DONALD E & MARY FRANCES HAYDEN ENGLISH FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND — educational - fellowships
Children at the Crossroads FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2023Largest: $978,043 to FRANCES XAVIER WARDE SCHOOL — to provide scholarships to students of frances xavier warde school.
Largest: $100,000 to MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION — frances payne bolton viewshed fund
Largest: $105,000 to ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES INSTITUT DE FRANCE — exhibition on modern microbiology at louis pasteurs house in arbois, france
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2022Largest: $618,000 to Iowa State University Foundation — general operating support, frances prueitt scholarship in dietetics. support for the society of automotive engineers (sae) baja team, $1,250 support for college of design; $1,250 s…
Largest: $318,050 to ASSOCIATION OUVRIERE DES COMPAGNONS DU DEVOIR DU TOUR DE FRANCE — general operating support
Largest: $40,000 to GINA JAE — national commitments and private sentiments: the anticipatory politics of sickle cell disease in the us and france
Largest: $30,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — grant for scholar-in-residence in france, dr. natania meeker
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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 →

