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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 “gilman”
Where the money went
Largest: $40,980 to GILMAN CEMETERY DISTRICT — restore mausoleum
Brooklyn Arts CouncilBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $239,411 · through 2022Largest: $14,564 to OYE GROUP INC — howard gilman regrant for creative equations fund
Edward J Gallagher Jr FoundationTowson, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $121,799 · through 2024Largest: $61,947 to GILMAN SCHOOL — the gilman sch to accumulate a fund for bldg purposes, for scholarships or for its general corp. purposes to be expended on main. , care and replacement of trees and shrubbery on t…
Largest: $111,934 to GILMAN SCHOOL — grants are to be used in accordance with the established purpose of the recipient organization.
Baltimore Educational Scholarship TrustBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $162,984 · through 2024Largest: $44,103 to GILMAN SCHOOL — shdf, emergency funding, fa gift, gap funding, chick lord scholar
Largest: $244,564 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - r fraser, c french, b freudig, c frigon, c fuchswanz, a funk,k gaff, f gaffney, a gagner, l gagnon, m gagnon, s gamage, t gammon, o gardiner, c gay, j gibs…
Fund for Educational ExcellenceBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $219,500 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to GILMAN SCHOOL — middle grades partnership
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $56,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to GILMAN SCHOOL INC — scholarships & financial aid
Largest: $60,000 to GILMAN SCHOOL — annual fund / scholarship
Largest: $50,000 to BRIDGES BALTIMORE — support for the bridges program at gilman and bryn mawr
Largest: $11,000 to GILMAN SCHOOL — program support
LivegiverunfoundationCockeysville, MD
5 matching grants · $17,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Bridges at Gilman — donation for general cause
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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 →