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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 “franco”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to FESTIVAL INTL DE LOUISIANNE — promotion of franco-american relations
Largest: $45,719 to Johns Hopkins University — scholarships for maro doce ($9,497), jackeline franco ($3,218), jeanie fung ($8,675), kevin lopez ($2,700), atiyyijah ramsey ($5,080), daniela reynua ($1,549), and martimeano villa…
Largest: $324,000 to GRANTS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM THE LEWISTON AUBURN AREA OF MAINE — to help with tuition and college expenses for students of franco-american heritage.college student scholarships for students of franco american heritage
Largest: $36,019 to IVAN FRANCO — educational scholarship
Largest: $20,250 to MORRIS FRANCO CANCER CENTER — general charitable purpose
Largest: $50,000 to US SCIENCES PO FOUNDATION — franco american scientific traffic - understanding successful exchanges on american campuses
Largest: $500,000 to PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION — to support the pittsburgh promise and in memory of franco harris
Largest: $19,335 to Franco B — educational scholarship
Largest: $33,085 to IRENE FRANCO RUBIO — to educate the public and address our public education system and the incarceration and criminalization of young people of color through a #schoolsnotprisons podcast, youtube video…
Largest: $3,600 to MORRIS FRANCO CANCER CENTER — further religious &charitable works of donees
Largest: $2,500 to ANDRES FELIPE FRANCO PINILLA — educational grants
Largest: $12,000 to MORRIS FRANCO CANCER INSTITUTE — education & welfare
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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 →