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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 “memoriam”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to MARS HILL UNIVERSITY — ed hoffmeyer memoriam scholarship
Andersen FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to GARDEN OF DREAMS — in memoriam of deceased former employee of arthur andersen llp.
Largest: $20,000 to POLLARD-MCCALL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL — in memoriam - hugh jackson white
Largest: $10,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TUCSON — community unrestricted in memoriam gift
Largest: $100,000 to 1894 INC — in memoriam of l. michael hajtman, past president of the albert & ethel herzstein charitable foundation.
The Twig Junior Auxiliary of the InovaAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $302,800 · through 2024Largest: $302,800 to INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL — $250,000 general fund$50,000 nursing scholarship fund$2,500 carol abshire breast cancer awareness fund$300 in memoriam funds
Largest: $5,000 to AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY — grant in memoriam
Largest: $2,600 to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE — gift cards for easter baskets/in memoriam plaque
David Kelby JohnsonSalt Lake City, UT
2 matching grants · $4,750 · through 2022Largest: $3,750 to Priests Mutual Benefit Society — reverend blaine and reverend gally memoriam.
Largest: $1,000 to AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION — in memoriam gift
Largest: $25,000 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — memoriam donation
Largest: $18,000 to HAWAII CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION — in memoriam of our beloved employee, malia silva-duarte, an advocate for hawaiis most vulnerable children and families. hccfs dedication to the children who are battling cancer, to…
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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 →