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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 “gilliam”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to UVA WISE - M&M GILLIAM BICENTENNIAL — scholarship funding
Largest: $2,747 to Gilliam T — educational scholarship
Largest: $100,000 to COLUMBIA GORGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — capital support to build a permanent children's advocacy center in the columbia river gorge, serving hood river, wasco, gilliam, wheeler and klickitat counties
Largest: $43,615 to MELISSA GILLIAM — single mom donation
Largest: $2,000 to M Gilliam — educational scholarship
United Way of Greater Rochester andRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $29,935 · through 2024Largest: $11,935 to GILLIAM GRANT COMMUNITY CENTER — allocation, donor designation
Largest: $5,000 to SOUTH GILLIAM COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT SOUTH GILLIAM HEALTH CENTER — local public health immunization access and education
Largest: $3,500 to FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE — scholarship - lily gilliam
Largest: $3,500 to JEREMIAH GILLIAM — educational scholarships
Food Well AllianceAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,400 · through 2022Largest: $13,400 to GILLIAM'S COMMUNITY GARDEN — to assist the organization in producing healthier foods for the community
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $23,000 · through 2023Largest: $23,000 to EARL B GILLIAM BAR FOUNDATION — annual scholarship support
Largest: $500,000 to FOUNDATION FOR ART AND PRESERVATION IN EMBASSIES — core support for the gift to the nation 250 project to acquire sam gilliams painting, untitled
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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 →