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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 “gill”
Where the money went
The University of North Carolina atChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $6.9M to UNC GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH — grants are awarded to support scholarships, professorships, faculty and student awards, lectureships, research initiatives, and operating needs of the unc gillings school of global…
Largest: $10,000 to K Gill — scholarship grant
The Willits FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $612,480 · through 2024Largest: $179,000 to Gill St Bernard's School — education - bwe scholarships 2024 coinvest - sid rowell once-off seeds senior
George L Ohrstrom FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER — in support of dr. gilles salles' research
Largest: $1,500 to HARNEET GILL — college scholarship
Largest: $200,000 to North Carolina U of Chapel Hill Gillings — 77291 developing and evaluating an intervention to
Design InspirationsFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $309,500 · through 2025Largest: $92,500 to GILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES — for normal operating needs and expenses to benefit these entities for their philanthropic efforts. design inspirations chooses beneficiaries annually and grants are not requested.
Largest: $3,000 to GILL ST BERNARD S SCHOOL — program/operating support
Largest: $50,000 to GILL ST BERNARDS SCHOOL — general & unrestricted
Largest: $30,000 to GILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES — unrestricted grant
Operative Plasterers and Cement MasonsPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,994 · through 2025Largest: $23,012 to SS GILL — job target award
The National Leadership FoundationFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $66,121 · through 2025Largest: $21,073 to GILL CHILDREN'S — to provide educational opportunities, learning activities and community 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 →