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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 “hoover”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to HOOVER INSTITUTION — herbert hoover foundation pending fund
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — program - for the murphy cadogan awards. advised - for the director's opportunity gift fund of the hoover institution and for the annual overseer contribution to hoover institution…
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to Hoover Institution at Stanford University — for the military history working group
Koret FoundationSan Francisco, CA
6 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — the hoover institution's hoover education success initiative (hesi)
Largest: $100,000 to HOOVER INSTITUTION — hoover operations-education
Largest: $114,500 to BERT & ROSE HOOVER FOUNDATION INC — the bert and rose hoover foundation acts as a feeder organization and pays thecontributions out to 501(c)(3) organizations located in grundy county, mo.
Largest: $320,000 to BOB HOOVER ACADEMY — to support general operations
Largest: $21,227 to CAROLINE HOOVER — educational scholarship
Largest: $50,000 to HOOVER INSTITUTION — to ensure that hoover will continue to be a beacon for freesom and prosperity in the world
Largest: $50,000 to HOOVER INSTITUTION — support research
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $195,066 · through 2024Largest: $65,535 to HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION — annual designated distribution for the hoover library & museum, support for the temporary exhibit fund in the quarton gallery of the hoover library
Largest: $175,000 to Hoover Institution — to support the monetary policy in practice project
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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 →