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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 “gerald”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — the gerald c. mcnamara and renee k. petrofes charitable fund - medical, environment, poverty, education
Largest: $200,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR — core support for the community partnerships initiative at the gerald r. ford school of public policy's science, technology, and public policy program to develop and sustain local p…
Largest: $4,000 to VCU SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — jett gerald higham scholarship fund
Largest: $24,000 to FITCHBURG POST RELIEF CO GERALD BELOIN COMMANDER — unrestricted general support
Largest: $22,305 to UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO — gerald a sugrue s. j.
Largest: $15,000 to GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATI — general operating support
Largest: $12,500 to GERALD RICHARDSON — educational scholarship
Largest: $260,000 to THE GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION — arts & culture
Dragonfly FundGrand Rapids, MI
4 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to GERALD R FORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY - THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — program support
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $200,553 · through 2024Largest: $67,403 to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — annual designated distribution: 43.5% to college fund, 43.5% graduate business school, 13% to maintenance of the gerald ratner athletic center
Largest: $45,000 to GERALD L IGNACE INDIAN HEALTH — unrestricted grant
Largest: $5,000 to ZACHARY GERALD KNIGHT FOUNDATION INC — general operating support
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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 →