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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 “mitchell”
Where the money went
Largest: $481,000 to MITCHELL COUNTY SCHOOLS — mitchell county schools career readiness program.
South Dakota Community FoundationPierre, SDCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to Mitchell Technical College — community welfare and betterment
The Community FoundationAsheville, NCCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $551,088 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to MITCHELL COUNTY SCHOOLS — improving educational opportunities
Largest: $145,000 to MITCHELL COUNTY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB — community outreach
The Cynthia & George Mitchell FoundationThe Woodlands, TX
12 matching grants · $665,948 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Wildwood School Inc — for the wildwood outreach center fellowship fund in the memory of cynthia woods mitchell
Largest: $100,000 to SOLOMON VALLEY COMM FDN (MITCHELL) — matching funds for match month ($45,000 operating & $5,000 operating)
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $446,750 · through 2023Largest: $18,500 to Dancers Group — support for the artists working under choreographer marika brussel, support for the artists working with choreographer alyssa mitchel, support for the work of alyssa mitchel: to co…
Largest: $250,455 to Husson College — scholarships - k alley, m alley, t archer, a astbury, a beal, j boutin, l boutin, j brassbridge, a brown, a brown, a bryden, r bubar, t carter, b catheron, j clapp, h clifford, a c…
Largest: $13,668 to MITCHELL PETERSON — educational scholarship
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
6 matching grants · $875,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Thomas Wilson Mitchell — macarthur foundation fellow award - property law scholar, fellows
Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA REACH GEORGIA FD — scholarships to recipients in stewart and mitchell county
Mitchell United WayMitchell, SDCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $121,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to MITCHELL AREA SAFE HOUSE — general assistance
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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 →