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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.
9 funders with a record of paying for “lavinia”
Where the money went
Largest: $160,166 to PROMISE ACADEMY — lavinia consulting fund for promise academy spring hill
Largest: $3,000 to INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP — support for kevin & lavinia
The San Simeon FundSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $1.0M · through 2025Largest: $1.0M to FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO — to support the acquisition of portrait of bianca degli utili maselli and her children by lavinia fontana
Largest: $250,000 to CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — legion 100 gifts of art campaign for the acquisition of portrait of bianca degli utili maselli and her children by lavinia fontana
Waukesha County Community FoundationWaukesha, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to FRIENDS OF OCONOMOWOC PARKS AND TRAILS INC — john and lavinia rockwell park
Largest: $225,000 to LAVINIA GROUP — high-impact tutoring
Largest: $44,910 to BUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — data wise training & lavinia literacy coaching
Largest: $3,500 to Lavinia Corcoran — scholarship for
Largest: $3,000 to MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH OF PITTSBURGH — uzel and lavinia finney scholarship fund
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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 →

