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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 “mccracken”
Where the money went
Largest: $110,000 to PADUCAH MCCRACKEN COUNTY SENIOR CENTER — general operating support
Largest: $75,000 to FREEDOM FOREVER MINISTRIES — christian ministry to female inmates at mccracken county, ky jail
Largest: $10,000 to MCCRACKEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL — donation to mccracken co high school
Community Foundation of West KyincPaducah, KYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $208,030 · through 2024Largest: $65,093 to MCCRACKEN CO COMMUNITY CAREER — social services
United Way of Western KentuckyPaducah, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $76,600 · through 2024Largest: $21,200 to PADUCAH-MCCRACKEN COUNTY SENIOR CENTER — to provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
Ronald McDonald House CharitiesPaducah, KYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $117,942 · through 2024Largest: $83,808 to MCCRACKEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT — educational activities for children
Fred T & Maxine Humes MemorialNorth Manchester, IN
3 matching grants · $12,500 · through 2023Largest: $5,000 to KASSIE MCCRACKEN — college scholarship
Largest: $3,000 to Saint Mary's McCracken Heritage Assn — histroical preservation
Largest: $331,195 to MCCRACKEN COUNTY FISCAL COURT — the amount is to purchase land at the triple rail site in mccracken county. the land is needed to accommodate a large economic development client.
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $35,890 · through 2023Largest: $18,000 to MCCRACKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION — $18,000.00 for any item on grant list - curriculum, heggerty series classroom sets, abc letter cards, and alphabet chart (not to exceed amounts requested for each line item.)
Largest: $8,716 to MCCRACKEN COUNTY LIBRARY — general operating
Share Our StrengthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to MCCRACKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS — childhood hunger programs
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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 →