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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 “kaufman”
Where the money went
Largest: $54,000 to MARQUETTE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS — kaufman scholarship awards
Tvec Charitable FoundationKaufman, TXCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $90,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,500 to SALVATION ARMY - KAUFMAN — financial assistance to low income families (food, clothing, utility payments, etc.)
Largest: $100,000 to ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER-LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE — foundation two-year grant kaufman music center presentations
Largest: $10,000 to JEFFREY CROSIER UNIVERSITY OF MASSA — kaufman-baker scholarship
A Fern Norville Shelter FoundationTerrell, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $162,835 · through 2025Largest: $135,953 to KAUFMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER — financial support
Largest: $2.5M to Kaufman Music Center — operating endowment fund
Largest: $25,000 to UH - Jerry Kaufman Glioblastoma Research Fund — further org purpose
Largest: $55,000 to KAUFMAN CENTER — see rider attached
Largest: $19,800 to DANA KAUFMAN — these funds are restricted and must be expended for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes as defined under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3), and more spe…
North Texas Food BankPlano, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $108,575 · through 2024Largest: $81,175 to KAUFMAN CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER — hunger relief
Largest: $15,791 to Kaufman C — educational scholarship
Largest: $32,400 to KAUFMAN CENTER — accentuate the positive program
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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 →