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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 “mehre”
Where the money went
Largest: $98,000 to MEHR REFORMED MINISTRIES — to support work in developing leadership training programs for church leaders internationally; to support farsi and arabic departments
Largest: $6,000 to ALEXANDER MEHRE — scholarship-ume
Largest: $30,000 to UGA Foundation — butts mehre fund
Largest: $11,500 to MEHR ORGANIZATION INC — charitable gift
International Documentary FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,612 · through 2023Largest: $11,644 to JONATHAN MEHRING LLC — fiscal sponsorship
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to MEHR Reformed Ministries — religious ministry
Largest: $5,000 to MEHR ORGANIZATION — to promote health, compassionate, vibrant organization where to be the most effective social service provider to the iranian-american community in the greater sacramento area.
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION — grant for the support of the athletic capital campaign and the butts mehre football operations facility
West Bend Community FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $35,840 · through 2022Largest: $35,840 to WASHINGTON COUNTY CAMPUS FOUNDATION — the jerry and nancy mehring family scholarship
Largest: $339,979 to MEHR DEMOKRATIE EV — to provide general support
Largest: $15,000 to CHILDRENS THEATRE COMPANY — talent & career pathways support - includes editing of interview with mehr mansuri; support for savannah and pensacola hbb events
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Children of Mehr Foundation — human services
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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 →