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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 “luis”
The Community Foundation San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CACharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2025Largest: $187,162 to FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — to support the work described in your recent application to our 2025 rapid response grant program. funding is restricted to use serving clients in san luis obispo county.
Largest: $52,418 to Oregon State University — scholarships for anthony hicks (5,000), brian zhou (5,000), carlos garcia ceja (4,800), claire kelly (5,950), felicia belvoir (8,334), kitty liu (5,000), luis garcia-lamas (5,000),…
Largest: $30,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley Inc — general operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth in the san luis valley.
Largest: $311,000 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY — champion health equity, nurture healthy minds
Largest: $40,000 to PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SANTA BARBARA VENTURA & SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES INC — support of women's health
Cuesta College FoundationSan Luis Obispo, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $9.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to SAN LUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT - CUESTA COLLEGE — funding of scholarships for cuesta college students
Largest: $55,000 to LUIS CEDENO VERA — educational scholarship
Largest: $360,000 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY — general operating grant
Largest: $25,000 to FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OB — program/operating support
Harold J Miossi Charitable TrustSan Luis Obispo, CA
10 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — study innovation lab for middle schools.
Largest: $20,000 to OPERA SAN LUIS OBISPO — general operating
Largest: $106,250 to CARE AND SHARE INC — san luis valley distribution center project
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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 →