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3 funders with a record of paying for “jaffna”

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Mervyn and Mallikha Samuel Foundation → Jaffna College Alumni Association: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Karunyan & Inpamani Arulanantham → International Medical Health Org: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2024Thambi-Shiva Charitable Foundation → Jaffna Medical Faculty Alumuni: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Karunyan & Inpamani Arulanantham → Ygro International Sri Lanka: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Karunyan & Inpamani Arulanantham → Chelvanayakam Memorial Trust: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Karunyan & Inpamani Arulanantham: $22K on this topic. Open the funder.The Karunyan & Inpamani Arula…$22KMervyn and Mallikha Samuel Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Mervyn and Mallikha Samuel Fo…$12KThambi-Shiva Charitable Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Thambi-Shiva Charitable Found…$1KJaffna College Alumni Association: received $12K on this topicJaffna College Alumni Associati…$12KInternational Medical Health Org: received $12K on this topicInternational Medical Health Org$12KYgro International Sri Lanka: received $9K on this topicYgro International Sri Lanka$9KJaffna Medical Faculty Alumuni: received $1K on this topicJaffna Medical Faculty Alumuni$1KChelvanayakam Memorial Trust: received $1K on this topicChelvanayakam Memorial Trust$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 →