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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 “kenneth”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to KAN KENNETH — fellowship stipend
Largest: $5,000 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — kenneth & anne roberts scholarship fund, as directed by kenneth l. roberts, president emeritus
Largest: $30,000 to MANHATTAN COLLEGE — brother kenneth scholarship
AgeoptionsOak Park, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to KENNETH YOUNG CENTER — social, nutrition, health promotion, & caregiver services for the elderly.
Rosey Grier Giant Step FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $134,000 · through 2025Largest: $34,000 to KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES — ministry assistance
Northwest CompassMount Prospect, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $584,239 · through 2024Largest: $252,909 to KENNETH YOUNG CENTER — youth homelessness demonstration program
Largest: $108,000 to Parker Kenneth — project: luthier tutorial video series/content development, presentation
Largest: $20,000 to THE KENNETH B SCHWARTZ CENTER — general & unrestricted
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to support the kenneth rubin vmd endowed opportunity scholarship fund
Largest: $5,750 to KENNETH RITTER — college scholarship
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $77,100 · through 2024Largest: $56,800 to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY — merveaux academic excellence scholarship, reeder memorial scholarship, outstanding student leader scholarship, glidden community service scholarship, o.j. & viola elsenbast scholar…
Oral Roberts Evangelistic AssociationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $127,381 · through 2024Largest: $38,000 to KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES — religious ministry
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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 →