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5 funders with a record of paying for “humaitarian”

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Joseph and Sharon Freed Foundation Inc → Israaid Organization: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2025J William & Helen D Stuart Foundation → Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2021World Education Services Inc → Syrian American Medical Society Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Kinney Family Foundation → Alight: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hayward Family Charitable Trust → Church of Jesus Christ of Lds: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022World Education Services Inc → Turkish Philanthropy Funds: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Joseph and Sharon Freed Foundation Inc: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.Joseph and Sharon Freed Found…$75KJ William & Helen D Stuart Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.J William & Helen D Stuart Fo…$40KWorld Education Services Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.World Education Services Inc$20KKinney Family Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Kinney Family Foundation$4KHayward Family Charitable Trust: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Hayward Family Charitable Tru…$1KIsraaid Organization: received $75K on this topicIsraaid Organization$75KTiconderoga Revitalization Alliance: received $40K on this topicTiconderoga Revitalization Alli…$40KSyrian American Medical Society Foundation: received $10K on this topicSyrian American Medical Society…$10KTurkish Philanthropy Funds: received $10K on this topicTurkish Philanthropy Funds$10KAlight: received $4K on this topicAlight$4KChurch of Jesus Christ of Lds: received $1K on this topicChurch of Jesus Christ of Lds$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 →