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10 funders with a record of paying for “mello”
Where the money went
Largest: $9,234 to Ana Mellos — grant support
Largest: $7,000 to NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME - WESTCHESTER CHAPTER — christopher d mello scholarship
Largest: $2,000 to SMACK MELLO STUDIO INC — community / civic
Largest: $70,500 to Kennebec Valley Community College — scholarships - r ackroyd, a babnaw, t bailey, e barry-spaulding, b blanchet, h bouchard, j bowman, e braley, j chapman, e clark, r corson, b crommett, i dunphy, h durland, a fortin…
Marilyn McGowan FoundationNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to THE MELLO FOUNDATION — general program operations
Largest: $10,000 to CHRIS MELLO SCHOLARSHIP FUND — for the general purpose of the charitable organization
Largest: $3,500 to CHRISTOPHER MELLO SCHOLARSHIP FUND — education for needy
Largest: $2,000 to OPERATION ENDURING WARRIER — contribution in honor of tom mello
Largest: $2,000 to FERNANDA RIBEIRO DE MELLO FRAGA — phylogeny and taxonomic revision of genera in clade maranta (marantaceae).
Largest: $1,214 to Penelope Mello — policy no 20-1150702027-13
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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 →