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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 “husband”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,250 to RACHAEL STRAIN — rachael lost her husband. the funds will help her with living expenses for her and her seven children and her husbands final expenses.
Largest: $10,000 to LYMARIS SEALEY — loss of husband, behind on finances
Largest: $24,000 to NATALIYA ROMASHCHENKO — financial help during loss of husband, small kids
Largest: $33,288 to LAURA HUSBAND — medical expenses
Largest: $79,950 to St Joseph Husband of Mary Roman Catholic Church — to strengthen efforts to offer ministries and services to parish community.
Largest: $5,000 to ESTHER BEILER — support for widow after husband and sons died
Parker Family FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
4 matching grants · $18,721 · through 2023Largest: $7,821 to Stephanie Gowdy — stephanie is a disabled mother of two. her ex-husband lost his job and has not been able to help financially. these funds will be used for her late credit card bills.
Largest: $10,600 to ST JOSEPH HUSBAND OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH — program support
Friends of David Foundation a Nj Nonprofit CorporationOakhurst, NJ
2 matching grants · $70,449 · through 2024Largest: $36,449 to PAULINE SASSON — help a family whos husband died
Women'S Fund of Rhode IslandProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,476 · through 2025Largest: $8,738 to Refugee Dream Center — to fund the afghani women integration project to alleviate social isolation and increase access to resources including english as a second language, health education, employment op…
Largest: $25,500 to HEATHER HENDRICKS — assist with funeral, medical, auto and household expenses after husbands's death
Largest: $9,000 to TANISHA HARRISON — personal hardship distribution - the recipient's husband john harrison, age 45, an employee of cooper's steel fabricators, inc., passed away from cancer on october 20, 2024. john l…
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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 →