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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 “millsaps”
Where the money went
Lettie Pate Whitehead FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $513,500 to Millsaps College — for general scholarship support.
Largest: $172,828 to MILSAPS COLLEGE — millsaps pathways program and summer internship program
Community FoundationMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $309,950 · through 2024Largest: $133,050 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — general operational support
Largest: $42,000 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — support of archaeology at kiuic
Largest: $1.5M to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — environment conservation
Hispanic Scholarship FundEl Segundo, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $43,930 · through 2024Largest: $19,003 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — to provide scholarships for students
Largest: $7,000 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — general purpose grant
Community Foundation for MississippiJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $139,500 · through 2024Largest: $72,000 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — general oper support
Kpmg US FoundationMontvale, NJCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $90,300 · through 2024Largest: $45,200 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — matching gifts
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
2 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $1.2M to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — christian parenting &caregiving init
Largest: $5,000 to MILLSAPS COLLEGE — to support the mission of the organization
Largest: $8,500 to TAYLA MAE MILLSAPS — scholarship - western carolina university
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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 →

