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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 “milan”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to ROCK ISLAND MILAN LITTLE LEAGUE — 2023 milan harvest festival
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $318,176 · through 2024Largest: $135,535 to ROCK ISLAND - MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — raises funds to assist with financial needs of the rock island-milan school district to enhance the academic opportunities for student success.
Largest: $1,500 to Milan UMC Men Scholarship Fund — scholarship fund
Community Foundation of MonroeMonroe, MICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $126,951 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to MOVING MILAN FORWARD — tolan square improve
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationAnn Arbor, MICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $244,396 · through 2024Largest: $85,100 to MILAN SENIORS FOR HEALTHY LIVING — human services - other
Largest: $5,000 to RI-MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — promoting rock island-milan education 2022-2023
Southwest Initiative FoundationHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,532 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to GREATER MILAN INITIATIVE — milan kids club/ecfe program
Largest: $47,691 to University of Houston — scholarships for olufunmilayo awolowo (5,500), rahwoa besher (2,500), sarah bereket (5,859), saul alfaro (5,000), talia milan (20,500), ximena cardoza (2,500), xuan-hoai pham (2,50…
Largest: $51,972 to MILAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION — upkeep of cemetery
Largest: $20,000 to ROCK ISLAND - MILAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — supports education
Largest: $45,757 to MILAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC — general operating
Ripley County Community FoundationBatesville, INCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $31,108 · through 2024Largest: $7,000 to TOWN OF MILAN — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
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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 →