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12 funders with a record of paying for “gillespie”
Where the money went
Largest: $24,000 to Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show — buyer id at the 2023 gillespie co stock show
Carruth Family FoundationFredericksburg, TX
6 matching grants · $118,876 · through 2024Largest: $41,000 to GILLESPIE COUNTY WILD GAME DINNER INC — youth agricultural education
Gillespie County Wild Game DinnerFredericksburg, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $136,150 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to GILLESPIE COUNTY LIVESTOCK YOUTH — agricultural education
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $264,246 · through 2024Largest: $81,748 to THE GILLESPIE CENTER — human services
Largest: $25,000 to MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — the wendy gillespie scholarship fund for the arts
The Stai Family FoundationFredericksburg, TX
5 matching grants · $13,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to GILLESPIE COUNTY YOUTH LIVESTOCK — unrestricted general support
Largest: $35,000 to GILLESPIE CTY YOUTH LIVESTOCK SHOW ASSOC — program services
The Golden Hub Senior CenterFredericksburg, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to GILLESPIE CO COMMITTEE ON AGING — operations & equip
Fredericksburg Social Turn VereinFredericksburg, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $135,870 · through 2022Largest: $45,290 to GILLESPIE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY — historical preservat
United CharitableAshburn, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to GILLESPIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — little pioneers program - outreach program learning the pioneer history of fredericksburg & gillespie cty
Largest: $25,000 to Gillespie County Historical Society — preserve & make accessible gillespie
Mary Hobbs Griffith FoundationCorpus Christi, TX
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to GILLESPIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — the mission is to manage the operations of the pioneer museum and the vereins kirche museum, and to promote historical knowledge through a wide range of educational events and acti…
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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 →