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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 “professorship”
Where the money went
Largest: $315,000 to California Institute of Technology — california institute of technology - one cbl stem professorship
Largest: $100,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — endow professorship expendable fund
Largest: $500,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY - DIVINITY SCHOOL — education:theology - new testament professorship
Largest: $3.5M to DUKE UNIVERSITY — to endow a full professorship in the office of black church studies at duke divinity school.
Largest: $1.2M to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — to fund the carol kakalec kohn faculty endowment for the carol kakalec kohn professorship
Lsu FoundationBaton Rouge, LACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $169.8M · through 2024Largest: $71.8M to LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY — university academic and research support, including scholarships, graduate fellowships and faculty chairs and professorships.
Largest: $500,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEES OF — leonard tow professorship of journalism
Syracuse Health Science Center MedicalSyracuse, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $849,050 · through 2024Largest: $144,050 to UNIVERSITY SURGICAL ASSOCIATES — professorship and chair support for the benefit of suny upstate medical university, its faculty, and students.
The Brooklyn College FoundationBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $27.6M · through 2024Largest: $8.5M to BROOKLYN COLLEGE — scholarships, professorships, departmental support
Arkansas Bar FoundationLittle Rock, ARCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $247,538 · through 2024Largest: $46,945 to UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK — professorship, scholarships, and rural incubator project
The University of North Carolina atChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $6.9M to UNC GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH — grants are awarded to support scholarships, professorships, faculty and student awards, lectureships, research initiatives, and operating needs of the unc gillings school of global…
Montana Technological UniversityButte, MTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $13.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.5M to MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY — student scholarships, professorship supplements and program distributions.
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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 →