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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.
2 funders with a record of paying for “nicolai”
Where the money went
Chicago White Sox CharitiesChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to DALMATION DREAM FOUNDATION — to establish the nina nicolai dream endowment
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $342,661 · through 2022Largest: $342,661 to FIDELITY CHARITABLE — grant to leslie and charles nicolais family foundation, account 1237154
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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 →