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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 “louise”
Where the money went
Largest: $453,580 to LISNER-LOUISE DICKSON HURT HOME — provide financial housing assistance to needy individuals in the metropolitan washington dc area
Largest: $500,000 to LOUISE HOPKINS UNDERWOOD CENTER FOR — arts and culture
Largest: $193,516 to LISNER-LOUISE DICKSON HURT HOME — provide assistance to washington metro area residents who are in need and visually impaired.
Community Foundation Serving WesternRoanoke, VACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $148,636 · through 2024Largest: $57,200 to JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY — victor a. and louise r. lester educational fund :: yates, ethan jeffery
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $415,094 · through 2023Largest: $224,294 to GOODLETTSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT KID'S CHRISTMAS — to support rachel's garden playground from the estate of louise and randall phillips
Daughters of Charity FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to St Louise Resource Services — operational subsidy
Largest: $20,000 to LOUISE W EGGLESTON CENTER INC — program/operating support
The Jewish Federation of GreaterNorth Bethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $401,687 · through 2024Largest: $119,212 to CAMP AIRY AND CAMP LOUISE FOUNDATION INC — see part iv, type d
Largest: $17,000 to Miami University of Ohio — louise fierstos mahoney scholarship fund
Largest: $127,397 to THE GLEBE INC — memory of louise harris fellers
Ghr FoundationMinneapolis, MN
5 matching grants · $165,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul - St Louise — care of the sick who are poor
Promise Fund of FloridaWest Palm Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $469,349 · through 2024Largest: $158,750 to MARIE LOUISE CANCER FOUNDATION INC — the patient navigation program provides education on the importance of early detection screening & hpv vaccination, as well as access to breast and cervical cancer health services …
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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 →