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12 funders with a record of paying for “nuns”
Where the money went
Pema Chodron FoundationSteamboat Springs, COCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $342,000 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to Tsoknyi Nuns — support nuns & their education
Largest: $17,390 to Ma Tejasingi — religious- purchase rice for monks and nuns build temporary shelters for nuns after earthquake
Largest: $102,500 to THE BHUTAN FOUNDATION — bhutan nuns fund
Christus HealthIrving, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $108,590 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Christus Foundation For Healthcare — 19th annual nun run _honorary nun sponsorship
Largest: $6,000 to THE POOR CLARE NUNS — unrestricted operating funds
Largest: $30,000 to SISTERS OF MARY REPARATRIX — care for elderly catholic nuns and mission work
Largest: $32,500 to LITTLE FRANCISCANS OF MARY — provide funds for nuns in the community and for school in madagascar.
Largest: $24,000 to DISCALCED CARMELITE NUNS DANVERS — unrestricted general
Largest: $20,000 to DOMINICAN NUNS — to support the nuns
Armando J Caruso Trust Dtd 72994Schenectady, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $44,000 · through 2025Largest: $11,000 to DISCALCED CARMELITE NUNS OF SCHENET — support organization
Largest: $100,000 to PALPUNG MUNISHASAN DHARMCHAKRA — the grant is to support the sangha cares program 2023-24 for food, clothing, education and healthcare for 986 monks, nuns and staff.
Largest: $78,000 to UGEN CHOKHORLING NUNNERY — to provide support for nuns undergoing a program of meditation, educational travel and a building fundto provide support for nuns for a meditation program, educational travel and a…
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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 →