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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 “nicol”
Where the money went
Largest: $105,000 to NICOLE MALONEY BELLE - PENNSYLVANIA — 80737 role for lingo2 in protection from colitis associated cancer -- nicole maloney belle, md, phd
Largest: $15,000 to MARCELLIN NICOLE — fellowship stipend
Largest: $3,000 to NICOLE BULKLEY — fire recovery assistance
Largest: $10,000 to NICOLE ZOELLNER — university of wisconsin - la crosse college scholarship
Largest: $2,850 to MOEN NICOLE — scholarship - minnesota state university, mankato
Largest: $35,021 to University of Texas At Austin — scholarships for nicole grayson ($5,938), briza guerrero trejo ($8,544), regine jones ($4,350), lal lawmi ($5,000), karen lopez ($5,000), jazmin yvette lopez hernandez ($3,689), an…
Largest: $13,300 to NICOLE MICHELLE WEBB — webb, nicole (senckenberg society for nature research) "14th annual meeting of the european society for the study of human evolution (eshe)"
Largest: $21,230 to NICOLE HARRINGTON — educational scholarship
Largest: $21,424 to NICOLE WANG — educational scholarship
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $410,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to support a workshop on migration research, culminating in a public presentation at paris photo by macarthur fellows kellie jones (2016), louis massiah (1996), nikole hannah-jones…
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
6 matching grants · $87,673 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to EDENS NICOLE ANN — teacher creativity fellow
Largest: $5,000 to NICOLE E BENSON — educational scholarship
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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 →