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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 “freshman”
Where the money went
Walton Family Charitable Support FoundationBentonville, ARCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $15.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to John Brown University — to support the walton international scholarship program for the freshman classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Largest: $13,000 to T Daniels — freshman year scholarship grant
Largest: $175,000 to Modern States - Education Alliance — for project support and replication of the freshman year for free program providing wraparound services and supports to under-resourced high schools to improve college enrollment a…
Largest: $474,576 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — scholarships for freshman
Largest: $219,515 to DIVINE SAVIOR HOLY ANGELS HIGH SCHOOL — freshman advance program for spiritual and academic wellness
Klinges Charitable TrRadnor, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $229,766 · through 2024Largest: $78,694 to LASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL — four year scholarships to benefit incoming freshman with an interest in music
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $135,465 · through 2024Largest: $54,907 to ANSONIA HIGH SCHOOL — for one or more members of the ansoinia high school senior class who graduates and continues their education at an accredited college or university; to assist in the payment of tui…
Largest: $754,960 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — in support of expanding the freshman summer research institute, which allows underrepresented minority, low-income, and first-generation undergraduates to engage in research and fo…
Largest: $500,000 to JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY — emeril lagasse dream maker scholarship (support 20 freshman students, $25k each)
Largest: $2,000 to FRESHMAN FRESH START INC — program support
The Indianapolis FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $27,575 · through 2024Largest: $10,250 to Pike High School Freshman Center Library — heidi butler - instructurecon 2024
The Tau Beta Pi AssociationKnoxville, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,900 · through 2024Largest: $9,450 to SAE — engineering scholarships for college freshman
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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 →