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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 “gaffney”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,000 to MAINE SEA COAST MISSION — for the edge program in support of the after school program at the rose m. gaffney school in machias.
Largest: $5,000 to SMITH COLLEGE — adelaide smith gaffney scholarship fd
The Goergen FoundationNorth Palm Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2024Largest: $115,000 to MATTHEW GAFFNEY FOUNDATION — support of organization
Largest: $75,000 to GAFFNEY & CHEROKEE COUNTY — rev war center
Foundation for the CarolinasCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $17,500 to SALVATION ARMY - GAFFNEY — charitable gift
Elks National FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $27,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to GAFFNEY SC LODGE NO 1305 — community investment program
Largest: $5,000 to Trenton Gaffney - University of Hawaii at Manoa — scholarship recipient
Largest: $5,000 to SAMUEL GAFFNEY — scholarship - ohio state university
Largest: $244,564 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - r fraser, c french, b freudig, c frigon, c fuchswanz, a funk,k gaff, f gaffney, a gagner, l gagnon, m gagnon, s gamage, t gammon, o gardiner, c gay, j gibs…
Largest: $2,000 to GAFFNEY DONNA — to provide financial support for those fallen on hard times
Largest: $20,000 to GAFFNEY EVENTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST — education for patient care and publi
Largest: $5,000 to Gaffney High School Football Booste — support gaffney high school football program
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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 →