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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 “nora”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to CITY OF NORA SPRINGS — nora springs aquatic center updates
Largest: $4.7M to The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation — primarily in support of medical research and organizations performing medical research
Veterans United FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $185,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to NORA STEWART EARLY LEARNING CENTER — emergency rejuvenation for nora stewart elc
Largest: $44,616 to Augsburg College — scholarships for maryam fathi (1,250), mohamed barud (2,500), nora wagner (7,500), pa her (7,166), pa houa lee (5,000), pang dao xiong (5,000), sagal aden (6,000), sahra tobe (5,00…
Largest: $7,000 to NORA YELEKI — academic scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to NORA CRONIN PRESENTATON ACADEMY — nora cronin presentation academy serves girls living in poverty in the city of newburgh. the primary improvement made with the most recent wsf grant was to implement the hiring of …
Emma Eccles Jones FoundationSalt Lake City, UT
3 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $175,000 to UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY NORA ECCLES HARRISON ART MUSEUM — capital funding-art research and education center
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $262,500 · through 2024Largest: $85,000 to THE NORA PROJECT NFP — community & human services
Largest: $4,000 to NORA DUNNINGAN — college scholarship
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $793,650 to NORAS GIFT FOUNDATION — human services
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $42,170 · through 2024Largest: $14,570 to Nora Project — grants from donor advised funds - operating support
Largest: $955,000 to FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS INC — to support artistic expansion and exploration for nora chipaumire and company chipaumire
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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 →

