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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 “gary”
Where the money went
Largest: $36.0M to GARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH INSTITUTE — to support operations and applied medical research initiatives
Legacy FoundationMerrillville, INCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $253,845 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to GARY EAST SIDE COMMUNITY — planning study
Largest: $15,000 to RUBINSTEIN GARY — fellowship stipend
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2023Largest: $264,579 to Chicago Theatre Group Inc — general operating support, support for the nacirema society (no tickets or tangible benefits), support for premiere society, support for school matinee program, general operating s…
Largest: $250,000 to Gary Comer Youth Center — to support gary comer youth center's produce pathways urban agriculture program
Veterans United FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $605,000 · through 2025Largest: $175,000 to GARY SINISE FOUNDATION — np: r.i.s.e. program-us army sergeant (ret.) joshua hargis
Largest: $25,000 to GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER — program/operating support
Largest: $25,000 to UVA WISE - GARY F ADAMS TENNIS SCH — scholarship funding
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $170,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to GARY PATTERSON FOUNDATION — for general purposes
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $467,138 · through 2024Largest: $184,410 to KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — annual support: study abroad culinary scholarship, program support: renew scholarship, annual designated distribution for scholarships for students in culinary arts program, annual…
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $22,500 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION — this grant is for the gary b. blasingame scholarship honor of gary blasingame
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $447,250 · through 2024Largest: $204,500 to Gary Comer Youth Center — youth development
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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 →