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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 “mies”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $926,183 · through 2022Largest: $325,169 to Illinois Institute of Technology — support for mies crown hall americas prize (mchap), support of institute of design, annual board of trustees for giving day, general operating support, support for college of archi…
Largest: $10,000 to MIE KONGO — painters & sculptors 2021 grantees
Largest: $3,000 to ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIES VAN DER ROHE SOCIETY — general unrestricted exempt purpose of organization
Largest: $65,000 to Mile High United Way — distributed to community foundation - boulder $5,000; national jewish medical and research center $2,000; child care-mile high united way-united for families major gifts $19,000; r…
Largest: $85,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE INC — mies 2024 national conference
Largest: $4,313 to Ji'Mie Womack — scholarship grant
Largest: $10,608 to MIES FOUNDATION — international distribution of bible
Largest: $2,500 to CAMRYN MIES — college scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE INC — 2022 mie national conference sponsorship
Largest: $5,000 to ILLINOIS TECH (MIES CROWN HALL AMERICAS PRIZE) — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE — to support planning for the mie 2022 national conference and the involvement of new york institutions
Largest: $3,000 to MIE HEGAZI — maui lahaina disaster relief grant to individuals.
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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 →