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8 funders with a record of paying for “gerdes”

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Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust → Scottsdale Arts: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Whirlpool Foundation → Gerding Kayla: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Goodman Foundation Inc → Julie and Steve Gerdes Givings Fund: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023W Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Inc → Gerd Waliszewski: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025R E and Joan S Allen Foundation Inc → Alison Gerding: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Coon Rapids Lions Foundation → Gerding Family: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Grasshopper Trust → Alexa Gerdes: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dollar General Employee Assistance → Kimberly Gerding: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Coon Rapids Lions Foundation → Gerding Family: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Virginia G Piper Charitable T…$40KWhirlpool Foundation: $24K on this topic. Open the funder.Whirlpool Foundation$24KThe Goodman Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Goodman Foundation Inc$5KW Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.W Eugene Smith Memorial Fund…$5KCoon Rapids Lions Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Coon Rapids Lions Foundation$3KR E and Joan S Allen Foundation Inc: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.R E and Joan S Allen Foundati…$2KGrasshopper Trust: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Grasshopper Trust$1KDollar General Employee Assistance: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Dollar General Employee Assis…$1KScottsdale Arts: received $40K on this topicScottsdale Arts$40KGerding Kayla: received $24K on this topicGerding Kayla$24KJulie and Steve Gerdes Givings Fund: received $5K on this topicJulie and Steve Gerdes Givings…$5KGerd Waliszewski: received $5K on this topicGerd Waliszewski$5KAlison Gerding: received $2K on this topicAlison Gerding$2KGerding Family: received $1K on this topicGerding Family$1KGerding Family: received $1K on this topicGerding Family$1KAlexa Gerdes: received $1K on this topicAlexa Gerdes$1KKimberly Gerding: received $1K on this topicKimberly Gerding$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 →