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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 “franke”
Where the money went
Largest: $12,000 to OSU FOUNDATION — j. frank schmidt & son co. research funds
Largest: $337,450 to ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES — robert frank out takes video project/robert frank oral history project
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $589,400 · through 2024Largest: $105,000 to BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS DBA FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN — for family garden project, in memory of petra gorski, requested by gail rawl, kim darden, annette williamson, philip williamson, rebecca shores, frank darden, christopher darden, c…
Largest: $10,000 to FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BLDG CONSERVANCY — to preserve and sustain the remaining works designed by frank lloyd wright through advocacy, education, and technical services
Largest: $50,000 to SIDNEY FRANK FUND (CHARLES SCHWAB DAF) — to create the sidney frank fund
Largest: $1.0M to FIDELITY CHARTABLE — shepherd fund (jane franke daf)
Largest: $35,000 to Frank Theatre — for general operating support - frank theatre is a professional theatre company committed to producing 2-3 unique works a year that stretch the skills of their artists while challe…
Largest: $190,000 to GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FISCAL SPONSOR OF THE FRANK KAREL F — 80530 renewing the frank karel fellowship in public interest communications, 2022-2025
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON — frank stanley beveridge scholarship fund - endowed financial aid
Largest: $265,939 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - l christiansen, m cipriano, a clark, b clark, m clarke, j claybaugh, t clayton, j clough, h clukey, b coates, j cochran, g cody, d colson, d conder, j cook…
Laurel HighlandsLigonier, PACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $177,725 · through 2025Largest: $41,160 to Frank Lloyd Wrights Fallingwater — marketingoperatingcapital
Largest: $4,000 to FRANK CALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB — program support
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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 →