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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 “harper”
Where the money went
Harper County Community FoundationAnthony, KSCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $294,549 · through 2025Largest: $44,850 to HARPER COUNTY CORE COMMUNITY — community aid and funding
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…
Largest: $6.1M to Harper's Magazine Foundation — to support the continuing operations of harper's magazine
Largest: $50,000 to TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — lauren f. harper '21 & caroline b. harper '22 endowed family scholarship
Largest: $35,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — harper cancer research institute
Largest: $200,000 to HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to further program services
Ten County Aging BoardArkansas City, KSCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $172,237 · through 2023Largest: $42,289 to HARPER COUNTY DEPARTMENT ON AGING — senior living assistance
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2021Largest: $648,500 to The University of Alabama at Birmingham — support for uab comprehensive diabetes center. support of the doreen c. harper endowed chair in nursing, uab ms research acceleration fund for the uab ms center in neurology. suppo…
William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $494,198 to WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE — program grants, resource for excellence
Largest: $15,000 to OURAY HARPER — university of wisconsin - milwaukee college scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to HARPER FOR KIDS — general operating support
Largest: $13,597 to QUINDALIN HARPER — educational scholarship
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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 →