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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 “marlin”
Where the money went
Largest: $35,000 to MIAMI MARLINS FOUNDATION — support community programs
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $103,385 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to MARLIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT — this grant is designated for general support.
Largest: $30,000 to MIAMI MARLINS FOUNDATION INC — general charitable purposes
Major League Baseball CharitiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $52,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Miami Marlins Foundation Inc — general operating support
Largest: $1,000 to MILTON MARLINS SCHOLARSHIP — provided scholarships
Largest: $25,000 to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD — youth outreach through suites at the miami marlins games
Greater Manhattan Community FoundationManhattan, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,500 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to MANHATTAN MARLINS — yes! fund 2022 grant - minnows practice in manhattan & ft. riley
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to Columbia University in the City of New York — molecular mechanisms of intergenerational memory. principal investigator: bianca jones marlin, ph.d.
Largest: $4,105 to MAGIC VALLEY MARLINS — timing system update
Largest: $30,000 to THE ST LOUIS ZOO MARLIN PERKINS SO — religious, charitable, scientific, e
Largest: $10,000 to MAPLE HILLS MARLINS — funds for youth scholarship support.
Largest: $44,600 to SF MARLIN FOOD BANK — general operating
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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 →