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12 funders with a record of paying for “maria”
Where the money went
Largest: $55,000 to SEEAG — to provide third graders in the santa clarita valley and in santa maria with experimental field trips to a farm and for the office expansion in santa maria
Largest: $54,332 to California State University-Fresno — scholarships for julianna bejar ($9,000), briseyda dominguez-martinez ($1,999), maria dominguez-martinez ($5,000), citlali eguia ($7,333), desiree garcia ($5,000), alondra mijangos…
Largest: $75,000 to MARIA YULIZA CALVO — educational scholarship
Largest: $15,000 to LEON MARIA — fellowship stipend
Largest: $105,000 to MARIA ISABEL CARLO - MEMORIAL SLOAN — 76235 identification of novel germline variants associated with increased risk of renal cell carcinoma and lymphoid malignancies -- maria isabel carlo, md
Largest: $50,000 to MIDWEST ACADEMY INC — core support to establish laboratoria para organizar, an innovative organizing and campaign training pilot initiative, in partnership with the maria fund
Largest: $19,300 to MARIA FLORENCIA BECERRA — becerra, maria (conicet) "exploring copper: local and global perspectives on the study of copper use, circulation and provenance in the pre-columbian southern andes."
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $516,649 · through 2024Largest: $72,824 to HOGAR DE NINOS EL AVE MARIA INC — to cover program services of participation agencies-
Hillsborough County School ReadinessTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $510,690 · through 2023Largest: $68,973 to CARRILLO MARIA E — covid assistance for providers
Largest: $67,750 to SCHOLL ANDREAS LUDWIG MARIA — getty trust president's international council scholars
Largest: $5,700 to UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABCF GARCIA — maria erbia cassia carnauba conference scholarship
Largest: $60,000 to KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — santo maria scholarship
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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 →