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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 “loaner”
Where the money went
Largest: $23,000 to RSU 24 MEDICAL PATHWAYS — used to support program development, student travel and personal supplies assistance, loaner laptops, lab supplies and consumables, lab equipment, books and study packet materials.
Foundation for Hearing and SpeechChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $96,867 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO — salary support - the cochlear implant education coordinator and loaner hearing aid program.
Largest: $50,000 to COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS — support of the loaners closet
Largest: $20,000 to PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRIC — assistive technology loaner library center
Largest: $18,000 to TOBB ETU — provide loaner radios to new members and equipment for experimentation with digital modes.
Largest: $14,000 to City Of Orofino — toddler track, loaner equipment, trail building
Largest: $15,000 to DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING LEAGUE — for its "shred the barriers" initiative providing mountain bike loaners and scholarships to middle and high-school aged youth from underserved communities in wilmington to join its…
Largest: $20,000 to ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER SAN DIEGO — provide loaner hearing aids for children
Largest: $10,000 to Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Ch — these funds will be used to support the operations of sunshine cottage and keep vital services like our hearing aid loaner program and parent-infant program free or low-cost to fam…
Lions Clubs International FoundationOak Brook, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2021Largest: $20,000 to Multiple District 25 — equip lions speech and hearing loaner libraries
Largest: $7,000 to CHEHALEM VALLEY BMX — enhanced loaner bike program, beginner league expansion and track resurface
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,038 · through 2022Largest: $7,038 to Town of Plainfield NH — for designated distributions and rent loaner e-bikes
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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 →