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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 “lamp”
Where the money went
Central Pennsylvania Scholarship FundTyrone, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $495,220 · through 2024Largest: $174,500 to THE LEARNING LAMP — pennsylvania eitc scholarships
1889 FoundationJohnstown, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $786,313 · through 2024Largest: $540,000 to LEARNING LAMP INC — child care works - somerset/playground upgrade/childhood mental health consulting
Largest: $75,000 to The Blue Lamp Trust — general operating support
Largest: $35,000 to LAMP FOR HAITI- THE LAMP FOUNDATION — general operating
Largest: $60,000 to LBCAP — leadership arts mentoring program (lamp)
Largest: $54,294 to AMERICA INDIA FOUNDATION (AIF) — for lamp informal instruction program in karnataka
United Way of the SouthernJohnstown, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $122,492 · through 2024Largest: $42,506 to THE LEARNING LAMP — see attached sch
Laurel HighlandsLigonier, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $45,900 · through 2025Largest: $14,600 to The Lamp Theatre — marketingoperatingcapital
Largest: $22,000 to PEOPLE CONCERN (LAMP) — services for mentally ill homeless
Largest: $10,000 to ORDER OF THE LAMP SCHOLARSHIPS FUND — operational support
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $373,050 · through 2024Largest: $162,000 to THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC — general support, cora lamping center support
Community Foundation of GreaterJohnstown, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $283,086 · through 2024Largest: $116,710 to THE LEARNING LAMP — child care works for
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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 →