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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 “gladys”
Where the money went
Largest: $22,500 to GLADYS E KELLY PUBLIC LIBRARY — library improvement
Southeast Florida Behavioral HealthJupiter, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.6M to FERD AND GLADYS ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN — to provide services related to their charitable purpose.
Fritz B Burns FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
4 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Brigham Young University — contribution is to charity exempt under section 501(c)(3) which is not a private foundation. contribution is to provide funding for fritz and gladys burns endowed piano scholarship…
Largest: $12,500 to TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE — a gift to the principal of the robert w. and gladys s. meserve scholarship fund.
Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against GermanyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $26.6M · through 2024Largest: $9.7M to FERD & GLADYS ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE — social welfare
United Way of Palm Beach CountyWest Palm Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $417,008 · through 2024Largest: $119,804 to Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children's Service of Palm Beach Co In — community impact & designations
Earl C Sams FoundationCorpus Christi, TX
4 matching grants · $400,500 · through 2024Largest: $170,500 to VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY GLADYS PORTER ZOO — zoofari 2024 & general support
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION — gladys brooks endowed scholarship for innovation in medicine
Largest: $63,800 to GLADYS PORTER ZOO — donation to charitable organization to defray general operating expenses.
The Priddy FoundationWichita Falls, TX
4 matching grants · $207,316 · through 2025Largest: $89,488 to Gladys Johnson Ritchie Public Library Inc — technology community impact program 2022 - 2025
Largest: $23,870 to GLADYS JOHNSON RITCHIE LIBRARY — library operations
Heart of Kentucky United WayDanville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $74,500 · through 2024Largest: $27,500 to GLADYS PROJECT — preschool education assistance
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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 →