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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 “kathryn”
Where the money went
Largest: $26,510 to KATHRYN PRICE — educational scholarship
Largest: $15,000 to REDDY KATHRYN — fellowship stipend
First Community Foundation PartnershipWilliamsport, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $78,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to LYCOMING COLLEGE — john w. and kathryn c. lundy endowed scholarship fund
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — to endow the shelby and kathryn davis bicentennial scholarship fund
Largest: $24,100 to KATHRYN ELAINE MARKLEIN — marklein, kathryn (louisville, u. of) "recuperation and resilience: kinship, mortality, and morbidity in the eastern roman empire"
Largest: $10,000 to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — charitable purposes, designated for the kathryn c. vecellio scholarship for the college of education and human services
Largest: $990,963 to Yale University — ms. kathryn d. wriston
Largest: $100,000 to GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY — steven and kathryn bandstra scholarship fund
Largest: $8,000 to UNC CHAPEL HILL - KATHRYN DIANE WHISNANT — college scholarships
Largest: $25,000 to KATHRYN O'CONNOR FOUNDATION — funding for the operations and maintenance of st. dennis church
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $73,137 · through 2024Largest: $30,168 to KING COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION — to support the maintenance of the kathryn taylor equestrian park.
Largest: $4,158 to KATHRYN BAMBERRY SCOTT — financial need
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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 →