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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 “gardner”
Where the money went
Largest: $8,000 to GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY - ZOIE CATHERINE MILLER — college scholarships
Largest: $15,000 to THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC — isabella stewart gardner museum lighting project
Community Foundation of North Central MaFitchburg, MACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $981,696 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG LEOMINSTER AND GARDNER — community development
Largest: $417,399 to JOHN N GARDNER INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION — postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $330,000 to (331) GARDNER PUBLIC SCHOOLS — to continue strengthening school leadership work across the north central school leadership pipeline
Largest: $33,308 to Texas A M University-College Statio — scholarships for l. cruz ($2,456), r. cruz ($7,500), l. cruz barreira ($5,000), b. dejohn ($3,500), b. escamilla ($1,250), h. fisseha ($5,000), j. garcia ($5,000), and n. gardner (…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $42,000 to GARDNER BULLIS SCHOOL PTA — to support the gardner bullis school pta.
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $307,025 to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc — operating support/annual fund
Largest: $17,000 to GARDNER VISITING NURSES ASSOC — medical services
Largest: $35,000 to ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC — enhanced access/outreach for arts & culture programs
Largest: $39,400 to Boys and Girls Club of NCM — endowment for operations of boys and girls club in gardner, ma
Largest: $1.3M to THE ANNIE GARDNER FOUNDATION — to assist in preventing and relieving suffering and distress among poor, unfortunate and vocationally handicapped persons residing in graves county, kentucky, by providing to or fo…
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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 →