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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 “mario”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — mario pastega house endowment
Largest: $54,000 to University of Southern California — scholarships for paula acedo ($5,000), nallely de anda-zamora ($10,500), mario figueroa ($4,000), stephanie jaramillo ($2,500), janice lee ($2,500), neida maldonado ($20,000), saha…
Largest: $7,500 to CAMACHO MARIO — college scholarships
Largest: $25,000 to MARIO NOVAK — novak, mario (institute for anthropological research) "heavy metal: rural and urban lead exposure during the roman empire"
The United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $118,537 · through 2024Largest: $38,794 to Mario Lemieux Foundation — donor designation pr
Largest: $15,000 to SIMONELLI MARIO — fellowship stipend
Largest: $10,750 to Mario Lemieux Foundation — general charitable purposes
Largest: $16,650 to MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION — pediatric research center
Largest: $20,000 to PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOC — millie mario moving images collection
Joy in Childhood FoundationCanton, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $51,850 · through 2024Largest: $32,850 to Mario Lemieux Foundation — support sick and hungry kids
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55,500 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Mario Murillo Ministries — religious ministry
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
2 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2023Largest: $260,000 to FUNDACION MARIO SANTO DOMINGO — to support the route to financial inclusion through training and loans to venezuelan refugee and host community entrepreneurs in barranquilla
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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 →