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12 funders with a record of paying for “istanbul”
Where the money went
Largest: $670,000 to ISTANBUL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY — support for global mayors challenge for istanbul, turkey
Largest: $270,000 to Chabad of Eastern Istanbul — support of religious outreach
Largest: $5,000 to ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL — general funding
Largest: $23,400 to UMUT KURUUZUM — kuruuzum, umut (istanbul technical u.) "wastescaping away: capitologenic loss and dispossession along the eastern mediterranean coast of turkey"
Turkish Philanthropy FundsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $37,030 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to TRUSTEES OF ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL — social&economic development
Largest: $11,000 to ISTANBUL SANAT ARASTIRMALARI DERNEGI — general activities and program support of bas
Largest: $5,000 to ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY — to advance the psychotherapy program.
Largest: $200,000 to ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW FOUNDATION INC — to support the greek orthodox sacred see of st. andrew in istanbul, turkey.
Largest: $122,073 to UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME — istanbul international center for private sector development (icpsd)
The Stirling FoundationPleasant Grove, UT
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to SYRIAC ORTHODOX FOUNDATION OF ISTANBUL -MOR EFREM SCHOOL — to fund teacher salaries for the coming school year for the syriac orthodox school in turkey
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL — for general support.
Greater Wilkes-Barre IndustrialWilkesbarre, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to CAFE ISTANBUL LLC — award from spark program to cover rent
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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 →