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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 “freeman”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.7M to LOUIS ROUND WILSON LIBRARY AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA — art donation-roland freeman collection
Largest: $250,455 to Husson College — scholarships - k alley, m alley, t archer, a astbury, a beal, j boutin, l boutin, j brassbridge, a brown, a brown, a bryden, r bubar, t carter, b catheron, j clapp, h clifford, a c…
Largest: $1,500 to JOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION — sponsorship fund of programming
Largest: $20,000 to STANFORD PROJECT THE FREEMAN SPOGLI INSTITUTE — israeli visiting fellow program @ stanford's freeman spogli institute for international studies 2022
Koret FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — freeman spogli institute for the visiting fellows in israel studies
Largest: $13,077 to Freeman R — educational scholarship
Joshua M Freeman FoundationSelbyville, DECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $10.3M · through 2024Largest: $3.7M to FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION — freeman arts pavilion capital project
Largest: $10,000 to JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — rodney freeman discretionary
Largest: $266,839 to TREVOR AND ELIZABETH FREEMAN — feeding orphans and lepers training
Largest: $82,311 to ISAAK FREEMAN — educational scholarship
Largest: $100,000 to ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER — general charitable purposes
Largest: $10,000 to ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC — rise together for safety and justice 2023 sponsor - $5,000; money school - $5,000
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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 →