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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 “lisa”
Where the money went
Largest: $45,308 to University of California-Berkeley — scholarships for roselyn reza ($1,750), dominic rodriguez-schneider ($1,750), kybeth ruiz-gaytan ($16,253), jonathan tran ($5,000), karen villegas ($13,000), jennifer woo ($2,393),…
Largest: $3,000 to LISA LONG — fire recovery assistance
Largest: $15,000 to ASHER LISA — fellowship stipend
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
12 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Lisa A Parks — macarthur foundation fellow award - media scholar
Largest: $60,000 to THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM — lisa yuskavage - study for true blonde at home
River Valley Child DevelopmentHuntington, WVCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $121,475 · through 2023Largest: $33,300 to LISA STARKEY — tiered reimbursement
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
9 matching grants · $114,775 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to CAMP PARKER LISA RENEE — teacher creativity fellow
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $254,955 · through 2022Largest: $39,200 to The Navigators — support for the ministry of jim and jodi bartels, support for the ministry of parker schramm, support for the ministry work of lisa horn, support for the ministry of murray, osaze,…
Adirondack FoundationLake Placid, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $75,150 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to NORTH COUNTRY MINISTRY — for the "providing sustainable and qualified caseworker to the southern adirondacks" application. this grant is funded in partnership with the bill and lisa powers family fund
Largest: $10,000 to LISA PATEL — college scholarships
Largest: $105,000 to LISA M MCELROY - DUKE U — 78299 living donor kidney transplant: establishing the phenotype of an equitable program -- lisa m mcelroy, md, ms
Largest: $1.5M to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE — daniel and lisa jones 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 →