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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 “hoos”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,000 to OPEN HOUSE MINISTRIESPORTLAND HOO HOO — homeless shelter for families
Largest: $10,000 to Catholic Hoos at St Thomas Aquinas University Parish — the foundation's charitable activities consisted of donations made to various roman catholic church organizations and affiliated or other charitable organizations.
Largest: $10,000 to HOO'S WOODS RAPTOR CENTER — to support educationalprogramming and bird care
Largest: $5,000 to HOOS WOODS INC — wildlife habitat and rehabilitation support
Largest: $5,000 to INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF HOO HOO — furtherance of exempt purpose
Community Foundation of Northern IlRockford, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $23,903 · through 2024Largest: $12,403 to HOO HAVEN WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & EDUCATION CENTER — for purposes as specified in a grant application, fund agreement or gift instrument
Doris Day Animal FoundationOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $15,300 · through 2024Largest: $7,800 to HOO HAVEN — for wildlife in-house veterinary program.
Largest: $10,000 to HOO HAVEN INC — general welfare
The Jennie and Matthew HantzmonCharlottesville, VA
2 matching grants · $6,030 · through 2023Largest: $5,000 to ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH — catholic hoos
Largest: $2,000 to HOO HAVEN INC — animal services
Charlottesville Area CommunityCharlottesville, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $14,000 · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH — general fund $12,000 and catholic hoos $2,0000
Largest: $20,000 to WESTWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — westwoods hoo house
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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 →