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12 funders with a record of paying for “nancy”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to CUMMINGS NANCY — fellowship stipend
Largest: $10,000 to SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — to honor mark thornton, a nancy smith hurd foundation trustee to be used for center for conservation and research
Largest: $4.6M to San Antonio Area Foundation — to be directed for charitable contributions in memory of nancy b. negley
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $602,478 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS — nancy northup fellowship program.
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — the torch scholars program and sam and nancy altschuler business school scholarship fund
Largest: $47,410 to University of Texas At Arlington — scholarships for nahomi jaramillo ($4,800), claudia lozano ($5,975), edwin martinez ($5,000), nanci mayen ($8,000), nallely medina pena ($2,500), melanie montelongo ($7,500), hoang…
Nancy Graves FoundationLong Island City, NY
9 matching grants · $104,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,500 to PIPPA GARNER — nancy graves grant for visual artists
Largest: $75,000 to NANCY LE — educational scholarship
Largest: $350,000 to BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — cancer frontier fund, evelyn's house, nancy ross endowed nursing awards fund, nancy ross chief nursing officer highest priorities fund, nancy ross endowed scholarship in nursing ed…
Largest: $173,555 to CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONAL DE NANCY — prevention of extra-intestinal manifestations/ comorbidities in cd care
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $14.6M · through 2022Largest: $13.1M to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund — john m scott giving account, charles n. mills giving fund, andy and nancy mills charitable fund, ellert donation fund, levine family fund, evolve charitable fund - support for salo…
Largest: $25,000 to DARTMOUTH COLLEGE NANCY POMPIAN MEMORIAL FUND — nancy pompian memorial fund
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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 →