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3 funders with a record of paying for “generalpurposes”

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Ruth Rabstein Pellettieri Char Fdn → Honest Reporting: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2023Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → St Margaret's Episcopal Church: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Michael T Mccormick Jr Memorial → Seton Hall Prep: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2025Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → Gallatin Shalom Zone: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ruth Rabstein Pellettieri Char Fdn → Germantown Jewish Center: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → Gallatin Day Care Ctr Inc: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ruth Rabstein Pellettieri Char Fdn → Planned Parenthood: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → Volunteer Equine Advocates: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → Salvus Center Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → Habitat for Humanity Restore: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc → Literacy Council of Sumner County: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ruth Rabstein Pellettieri Char Fdn → Whyy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Dodson Family Charitable Foundation Inc: $86K on this topic. Open the funder.Dodson Family Charitable Foun…$86KRuth Rabstein Pellettieri Char Fdn: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.Ruth Rabstein Pellettieri Cha…$37KThe Michael T Mccormick Jr Memorial: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.The Michael T Mccormick Jr Me…$9KHonest Reporting: received $29K on this topicHonest Reporting$29KSt Margaret's Episcopal Church: received $25K on this topicSt Margaret's Episcopal Church$25KGallatin Shalom Zone: received $15K on this topicGallatin Shalom Zone$15KGallatin Day Care Ctr Inc: received $15K on this topicGallatin Day Care Ctr Inc$15KVolunteer Equine Advocates: received $12K on this topicVolunteer Equine Advocates$12KSalvus Center Inc: received $10K on this topicSalvus Center Inc$10KSeton Hall Prep: received $9K on this topicSeton Hall Prep$9KHabitat for Humanity Restore: received $7K on this topicHabitat for Humanity Restore$7KGermantown Jewish Center: received $4K on this topicGermantown Jewish Center$4KPlanned Parenthood: received $3K on this topicPlanned Parenthood$3KLiteracy Council of Sumner County: received $2K on this topicLiteracy Council of Sumner Coun…$2KWhyy: received $1K on this topicWhyy$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →