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12 funders with a record of paying for “presidential”
Where the money went
Community West FoundationWestlake, OHCharity · may take applications
142 matching grants · $9.1M · through 2025Largest: $1.1M to BUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — grant # 25.02- hope center general support, donor advised grants, grants with donor restrictions, community impact grant, and presidential grants
Largest: $20,000 to GREATER LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — presidential honors
American Society of Health-System PharmacistsBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER — the grant is provided to the employers of the ashp presidential officers, if requested, to offset support costs that the institution may incur during their election term.
Largest: $25,000 to Jackson Hole Classical Academy — presidential multi-year 2-year (2022 and 2023)
Largest: $50,000 to RAPID AUTO — a grant was given to businesses to assist in the business difficulties related to the flood damages related to presidential federal declared disaster in june 2024.
Largest: $582,615 to GR FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION — student transportation scholarship fund
Largest: $350,000 to ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF PRESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & DEVELOPMENT — core support for securing and digitizing ellen johnson sirleaf's professional and presidential records
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
8 matching grants · $161,500 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE — to support the james r. galbraith scholarship endowment for leadership and the american presidency
Largest: $290,000 to Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress — presidential fellows, geotech, political reform, policy roundtables, endowed fellow honoring ambassador thomas pickering, appreciation lunch for thomas pickering and the spring awa…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $428,000 · through 2023Largest: $23,750 to The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame — general operating support, support for area of greatest need, support for the dorothy may leavitt presidential merit scholarship, support for the dorothy may leavitt scholarship fu…
Largest: $250,000 to RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FDN & INSTITUTE — ltap scholarships
Largest: $291,700 to Clinton Foundation — toward the expansion of the student presidential leaders series
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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 →