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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 “lara”
Where the money went
Largest: $28,964 to University of California-Davis — scholarships for kelly phan (1,666), lisa chu (1,666), meiwei kuang (3,334), melanie ramos (8,334), phoua yang (2,000), vang lor (1,667), vicente luna (5,000), yamelin lara (2,187)…
Largest: $57,058 to LARA MEINTJES — educational scholarship
Largest: $72,833 to LARA LABARTA-BAJO PHD — medical research grant
Largest: $23,591 to KAITLIN LARA — scholarship - bryn mawr
The Doyle FoundationSan Clemente, CA
4 matching grants · $11,729 · through 2024Largest: $3,850 to LARA CERRILLO DEANNA — educational scholarship
Largest: $36,464 to LARA GASTELUMENDI — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
Largest: $15,000 to GINSBERG LARA — fellowship stipend
Celebrity Games for CharityFrisco, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $446,817 · through 2024Largest: $240,961 to LARA BETH LLC — food assistance
Dayton Foundation PlusDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $210,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to SMITH COLLEGE — lara-abby friends scholarship fund
Largest: $1,250 to PABLO LARA — scholarship for college tuition and educational costs
Largest: $11,443 to Pineda Lara J — educational scholarship
Sterzing Charitable TrustVirginia Beach, VA
3 matching grants · $7,500 · through 2025Largest: $2,500 to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network — in memory of lara sterzing
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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 →