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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 “kathy”
Where the money went
Largest: $31,956 to University of California-Santa Barb — scholarships for jose torres astorga (1,457), josue menjivar-mendez (5,000), kathy tran (5,000), kevin vargas (8,334), lisseth gonzalez (5,000), mauricio munoz valtierra (2,499), s…
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $95,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to KATHY WHITWORTH FOUNDATION — for the kathy whitworth invitational - no benefits
Largest: $40,000 to HORIZON HOME CARE AND HOSPICE — kathy hospice
Largest: $105,000 to KATHY DENISE WRIGHT - OHIO ST U — 79429 improving stress and hypertension outcomes in african-american female caregivers of persons living with dementia -- kathy denise wright, phd
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $97,200 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to WHITMAN COLLEGE — to support the kathy murray endowed scholarship
Largest: $3,000 to KATHY DAVIS — damage or loss of home
River Valley Child DevelopmentHuntington, WVCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $63,640 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to MRS KATHYS DAY CARE — tiered reimbursement
Largest: $50,000 to KATHYS HOUSE — program support
Largest: $334,948 to CHARLES SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND — kathy klingenstein donor advised fund
Baton Rouge Area FoundationBaton Rouge, LACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $428,202 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — for the meryl, dorothy and cletus morrison and kathy morrison mcarthur scholarship fund in memory of kathy m. mcarthur
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $507,000 · through 2024Largest: $257,000 to Kathy Giusti Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation — daf - health care & research
Largest: $10,000 to KATHY'S HOUSE — general operating
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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 →