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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 “pennsyvlania”

Where the money went

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Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund → Bishop Carroll Catholic High School: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Middleswarth Foundation → Middleburg Community Projects: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2025Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund → York Day Nursery Inc: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2024Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund → Adams County Christian Academy: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2024Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Central Pennsylvania Scholars…$1.3MThe Middleswarth Foundation: $105K on this topic. Open the funder.The Middleswarth Foundation$105KBishop Carroll Catholic High School: received $1.1M on this topicBishop Carroll Catholic High Sc…$1.1MYork Day Nursery Inc: received $110K on this topicYork Day Nursery Inc$110KMiddleburg Community Projects: received $105K on this topicMiddleburg Community Projects$105KAdams County Christian Academy: received $81K on this topicAdams County Christian Academy$81K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →