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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 “maddie”
Where the money went
Largest: $171,135 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — maddie's shelter medicine research fellow, clinical instructor and elective
Golf Fights CancerNorton, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $185,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to MADDIE'S PROMISE — rhabdomyosarcoma research
Dave & Cheryl Duffield FoundationIncline Village, NV
3 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2023Largest: $23,500 to HEARTS ALIVE VILLAGE — sponsorship of humane society u.s. (hsus) conference attendance, hsus scholarship 2023 - city of henderson municipal shelter, 2023 maddie's/cornell shelter medicine conference
Largest: $38,681 to MADDIE MIYARES — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $39,210 · through 2023Largest: $8,105 to TRINA AND FRIENDS K9 RESCUE — as follows: 1) boarding and training of brooklyn, maddie, and copper ($4,500); 2) boarding of champ ($525); 3) boarding of five german shepherd puppies ($3,080)
Largest: $15,000 to MADDIE'S MARK FOUNDATION INC — provides best daysever for childrensuffering from majorillness
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $44,000 · through 2024Largest: $16,000 to DRAKE UNIVERSITY — maddie's circle fund - student alumni association
Largest: $10,000 to MADDIE CRIST — university of wisconsin - madison college scholarship
Largest: $3,026 to Maddie Posinski — college scholarship
Largest: $15,000 to THE MADDIE KRAMER FOUNDATION — general support in memory of milt gottschalk
Bikes Fight CancerEasthampton, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $29,024 · through 2025Largest: $21,000 to MAGIC FOR MADDIE — cancer fighting research and care
Largest: $1,500 to MADDIE'S MISSION — to raise awareness and provide funding to support treatment and a cure for angelman syndrome and other rare diseases.
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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 →