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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 “nguyen”
Where the money went
Largest: $52,078 to San Diego State University — scholarships for narmen marcus ($11,163), sumaya maxamud ($6,250), amran mohamed ($10,000), loc nguyen ($5,500), quoc nguyen ($2,165), virginia nguyen ($5,000), seham nuur ($10,000…
Largest: $80,756 to THIEN NGUYEN — educational scholarship
Largest: $26,130 to Nguyen J — educational scholarship
The Doyle FoundationSan Clemente, CA
18 matching grants · $45,212 · through 2024Largest: $7,930 to NGUYEN HUY — educational scholarship
Largest: $181,860 to nguyen van teo — humanitarian- repair 2 ambulances meals for hospitalized poor solar street lights cinnamon saplings for mountain villages buy fruit trees for villagers flood victim help build old …
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $126,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to TINA DUNG T NGUYEN (TINA DUNG T NGUYEN ) — reducing economic hardship for business owners
Largest: $3,000 to QUANG NGUYEN — academic scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to HUYEN NGUYEN — post-secondary scholarship
Largest: $135,173 to University of Mississippi — scholarships - allen, bird, causey, cook, dawson, gillentine, hendon, hernandez, hill, hooker, lawson, may, mccurdy, a. nguyen, t. nguyen, patel, perry, pilcher, scales, scruggs, s…
Largest: $2,000 to NGUYEN PACEY — college scholarships
Dennis John Heid MemorialHuntington Beach, CA
6 matching grants · $37,372 · through 2025Largest: $11,644 to DANGKHOA NGUYEN — college scholarship
Largest: $260,000 to NOVA FOUNDATION — long nguyen & kimmy duong endowed scholarship and facilities support
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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 →