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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 “jesuit”
Where the money went
Largest: $35,000 to CRISTO REY ATLANTA JESUIT HIGH SC — program/operating support
Largest: $25,000 to Jesuit Volunteer Corps MD — to strengthen the formation program for jesuit volunteers serving in the chicago area to create change for good
Largest: $200,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduat…
Largest: $31,240 to JESUIT COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL-DALLAS — donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
Largest: $40,000 to Gregorian University Foundation Inc — scholarships for jesuit students in rome
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $297,783 · through 2024Largest: $41,000 to Jesuit High School of New Orleans — for recipient's exempt purpose
Largest: $10,000 to Verbum Dei Jesuit High School — verbum dei jesuit high school is a jesuit catholic, cristo rey high school that offers young men from supportive families of limited resources a college prep curriculum, corporate …
Ghr FoundationMinneapolis, MN
13 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $800,000 to Jesuit Refugee Service International — reconciliation and organizational strengthening
Largest: $32,000 to JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS — jesuit volunteers in service to los angeles
Robert R McCormick FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $120,000 to CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY — chicago jesuit academy scholarships, for the high school bridge program
Iberoamericana University PenoacSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $448,050 · through 2025Largest: $55,500 to CASA MANRESA AC — for jesuit education
Largest: $5,000 to ARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL — toward operating expenses to assist with projected corporate work study program revenue losses, due to covid-19 and pandemic restrictions.
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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 →