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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 “kemper”
Where the money went
Largest: $220,200 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC — kemper scholars program - 2022-2023
Largest: $100,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MILDRED LANE KEMPER ART MUSEUM — mildred lane kemper art museum exhibition support
Largest: $571,000 to KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — support of charitable
Largest: $55,912 to CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL — kemper postdoctoral div
Largest: $30,000 to KEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION DBA KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART — virginia jaramillo: principle of equivalence
Largest: $490,668 to KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — support of charitable
Largest: $253,725 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - l jameson, i janoch, h jellison, b jewell, k johnson, m johnson, s johnson, m jones, t jones, m jordan, t judd, j keller, g kelly, l kelly, k kemper, k ken…
Largest: $512,333 to KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS — art acquisitions and 2022
Largest: $20,000 to KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — to further the scientific, artistic,religious,or literary purpose of the organization
Largest: $12,942 to ALBRECHT-KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART — general operating
Largest: $21,000 to KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — grant - general operating support
Largest: $100,000 to KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — "virginia jaramillo: principle of equivalence" exhibition
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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 →