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4 funders with a record of paying for “highereducation”

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Robert and Joan Rothberg Foundation Inc → University of Richmond: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024Enersen Foundation → Roseland Collegiate Prep: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Bradan Lane Foundation → Native Americans in Highereducation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Zachary Haefele: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Connor Bohlken: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Madeline I Capp: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Ricky Hu: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024Stockard Charitable Trust → Emma Schroeder: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Stockard Charitable Trust → Beau Wassenberg: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stockard Charitable Trust → Emma Kempt: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Hailey Ann Ingalls: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Avery Lynch: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024Stockard Charitable Trust → Elizabeth Luppen: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Stockard Charitable Trust → Garrett Haverkamp: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Samantha Bartels: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Stockard Charitable Trust → Gillian Zidek: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Stockard Charitable Trust → Rhett Wertenberger: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Hannah Musil: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Ashley Price: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Stockard Charitable Trust → Megan Hill: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Stockard Charitable Trust → Brennan Wetter: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Stockard Charitable Trust → Holly Holthaus: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Stockard Charitable Trust: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.Stockard Charitable Trust$51KRobert and Joan Rothberg Foundation Inc: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert and Joan Rothberg Foun…$12KEnersen Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Enersen Foundation$10KBradan Lane Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Bradan Lane Foundation$10KUniversity of Richmond: received $12K on this topicUniversity of Richmond$12KRoseland Collegiate Prep: received $10K on this topicRoseland Collegiate Prep$10KNative Americans in Highereducation: received $10K on this topicNative Americans in Highereduca…$10KZachary Haefele: received $7K on this topicZachary Haefele$7KConnor Bohlken: received $5K on this topicConnor Bohlken$5KMadeline I Capp: received $5K on this topicMadeline I Capp$5KRicky Hu: received $4K on this topicRicky Hu$4KEmma Schroeder: received $4K on this topicEmma Schroeder$4KBeau Wassenberg: received $4K on this topicBeau Wassenberg$4KEmma Kempt: received $3K on this topicEmma Kempt$3KHailey Ann Ingalls: received $3K on this topicHailey Ann Ingalls$3KAvery Lynch: received $3K on this topicAvery Lynch$3KElizabeth Luppen: received $2K on this topicElizabeth Luppen$2KGarrett Haverkamp: received $2K on this topicGarrett Haverkamp$2KSamantha Bartels: received $2K on this topicSamantha Bartels$2KGillian Zidek: received $1K on this topicGillian Zidek$1KRhett Wertenberger: received $1K on this topicRhett Wertenberger$1KHannah Musil: received $1K on this topicHannah Musil$1KAshley Price: received $1K on this topicAshley Price$1KMegan Hill: received $1K on this topicMegan Hill$1KBrennan Wetter: received $1K on this topicBrennan Wetter$1KHolly Holthaus: received $1K on this topicHolly Holthaus$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →