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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 “maxwell”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,000 to JUSTIN MAXWELL — general semester scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to MAXWELL SEIB — university of wisconsin - platteville college scholarship
Equip LeadershipDuluth, GACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $33.1M · through 2024Largest: $6.8M to Maxwell Leadership Foundation — to assist in managing and executing mlf, and its programs and events
Largest: $1,000 to MAXWELL RAFE C — education scholarship
Largest: $4,000 to MAXWELL AHLQUIST — college scholarship
Largest: $253,725 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - l jameson, i janoch, h jellison, b jewell, k johnson, m johnson, s johnson, m jones, t jones, m jordan, t judd, j keller, g kelly, l kelly, k kemper, k ken…
Largest: $245,077 to CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME — operate children's home
Foundation for the CarolinasCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $173,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to MAXWELL M CORPENING JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — charitable gift
Largest: $7,000 to MAXWELL SPIZMAN — educational scholarship
Largest: $5,000 to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY — maxwell morgan scholarship
Largest: $45,000 to CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME — educational purposes
Largest: $1.3M to SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND — scott maxwell donor advised fund
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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 →