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12 funders with a record of paying for “koch”
Where the money went
Commonwealth Foundation for CancerRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $7.5M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-KOCH INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH — support for clinical studies and to advance discoveries and new technologies in cancer research
Largest: $19,500 to KOCH FAMILY CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF EVA — early learning
Lakehurst FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
4 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to CENTENARY UNIVERSITY — kathleen coakley koch '67 scholarship
Koch FoundationEvansville, IN
4 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $257,000 to KOCH FAMILY CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF EVILLE — charitable operations
Largest: $950,843 to FREDERICK R KOCH FOUNDATION OF AUSTRIA GEMEINNUTZIGE PRIVATSTIFTUNG — support preservation, maintenance, upkeep & cultural & artistic programming of schloss bluhnbach
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $1.6M to KOCH FOODS OF CINCINNATI — economic development
The V FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to DAVID H KOCH INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE CANCER RESEARCH AT MIT — cancer research
Largest: $150,000 to Koch Cultural Trust — general operating support
Largest: $270,000 to LOUIS J KOCH FAMILY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EVANSVILLE — general donation
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $36,000 · through 2022Largest: $12,000 to Rafiki Foundation Inc — support for the missionary work of mike and vicki koch (153). support of the missionary work of mike and vicki koch (153)
Largest: $7,500 to ABBY N KOCH — educational scholarship
Largest: $37,887 to CALEB KOCH — educational scholarship
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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 →