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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 “hodges”
Where the money went
Largest: $90,701 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — hodge theory in combinatorics
Largest: $250,000 to GRANVILLE ATHLETIC COMPLEX FUND — pledge walter hodges stadium
Largest: $20,086 to Texas A M University-Commerce — scholarships for n. carlos ($2,500), b. hernandez ($5,000), m. hodges ($2,000), k. johnson-brown ($4,400), and c. mata ($6,186)
Largest: $250,000 to FAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC — project support: everette hodge community center
Largest: $200,000 to NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND — hodges hall donation
Largest: $41,640 to HODGE MEMORIAL KINDERGARTEN — general operating
Largest: $30,800 to GUY HODGE — to provide aid for financial hardship due to unforeseen circumstances
Largest: $16,090 to Hodges R — educational scholarship
Largest: $35,000 to OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AND THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY NEWARK — renovation of hodges (founders) hall/earthworks gallery $25,000dr. william l. macdonald osu scholarship contribution $10,000
Hodges UniversityFt Myers, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9.7M · through 2025Largest: $9.7M to COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — establish hodges university scholarship fund and the lavern norris gaynor hodges university fund
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $23,432 · through 2024Largest: $7,946 to BAINBRIDGE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL — to support the betsy hodges memorial scholarship fund.
Largest: $99,900 to HODGE MEMORIAL DAY CARE C — provide day care for working mothers
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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 →