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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 “naming”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,691 to IEGR — educational scholarship to underserved individuals. full name of individual withheld due to privacy needs.
Largest: $2,000 to WILLIAM COUNTY PROGRAM ON AGING — exempt purposes of name beneficiaryexempt purposes of name beneficiary
Asher FoundationBal Harbour, FL
41 matching grants · $991,590 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to FARE MEALS INC — unrestricted grant to the named charity to carry out its charitable purpose.
Every Mother CountsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $130,000 to RESIST INC (NAME NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTH CENTER) — general operating support for neighborhood birth center to pursue its charitable mission.
Largest: $183,000 to JEWISH - SEE ATTACHED — all grants were paid to organizations in which the jewish faith is supported. names and address of each organization are avaialbe upon request.
Largest: $934,000 to Catholic Education Foundation — tuition - the individual scholarship recipient names are available to the irs upon request
Largest: $17,500 to HOSPICE OF SAN JOAQUIN — contribution to a named foundation beneficiarycontribution to a named foundation beneficiarycontribution to a named foundation beneficiary
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $127,913 to Blackhawk Technical College Foundation Inc — support for the commercial overhead bay doors at the cts building (specific naming to be worked out in the near future). support of equipment & recruitment. support for compeer fin…
Largest: $276,000 to THE SHEEPFOLD — housing and training for abused women in jesus' name
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC — to support the naming of the physicians lounge in memory of dr. steve lucie and to establish scholarships to support nurses and physical therapists in his name
Petoskey-Harbor Springs AreaPetoskey, MICharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $877,986 · through 2023Largest: $179,021 to NCMC FOUNDATION — general support/2022 annual allocation from mathias memorial scholarship fund/scoreboard/scorers table project/childcare initiative/2022 annual allocation from germond fund for sch…
Largest: $1.6M to FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITY ERLANGEN-NUREMBERG — in support of research to develop a new imaging approach that relies on shaped electrons to extract entirely new information from a sample - namely coherence properties.
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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 →