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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 “mailman”
Where the money went
Largest: $83,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW — for the benefit of the linda p fried scholarship fund at the mailman school of public health
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2022Largest: $1.8M to Columbia University in the City of New York — supporting research for the cure of pandas - scholarship fund. supporting lamont-doherty earth observatory on columbia giving day. financial aid for columbia college or school of e…
Largest: $348,600 to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - MAILMAN CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT — family navigator program
Largest: $30,000 to Matthew Lee - Columbia U Mailman Sch of Pub Hlt — 74844 health policy research scholars cohort two -
Florida Alliance for AssistiveTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $363,105 · through 2023Largest: $132,579 to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MAILMAN — brdc & srdc proj
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $352,177 · through 2023Largest: $165,677 to A L MAILMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — for program support.
Largest: $7,500 to Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York — columbia university mailman health policy & management conference
Largest: $200,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEES OF — phyllis mailman professorship of public health
Largest: $50,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - MAILMAN SCHOOL — an unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
Largest: $10,000 to Columbia University Mailman School of — genetically related
Largest: $1.8M to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW — mailman school of public health ("msph")
Largest: $151,127 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY- MAILMAN SCHOOL — unrestricted grant
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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 →