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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 “pupils”
Where the money went
Friends of the Leeward Coast PublicKapolei, HICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2025Largest: $1.4M to KA WAIHONA O KA NA'AUAO 21ST PCS — per pupil funding
Teach for AmericaNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to Baltimore City Public Schools — the purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the pupil project, 2. ensure teachers are…
Largest: $750,000 to Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction — wisedata - ed-fi pupil count implementation
Largest: $175,000 to VIRGINIA HARRIS ASSOCIATION — supports the pupils of virginia harris
Largest: $1,500 to PREVENT BLINDNESS OHIO — star pupil vision screening program for preschool chldren.
Largest: $50,600 to STICHTING BOEKENPORTAAL SURINAME — connecting surinamese pupils with surinamese books
Largest: $30,000 to NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND — star pupils preschool vision screening program
Largest: $10,000 to Texas Society to Prevent Blindness — to support star pupils childrens vision screening and early detection program
Largest: $1,000 to MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATER — general pupil services
Largest: $7,500 to PREVENT BLINDNESS TEXAS — support expansion of the star pupils children's vision screening and early detection program
Largest: $7,663 to FICINO SCHOOL — grant to support pupils on a cultural visit to europe.
Largest: $13,125 to ARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY — transportation to arnold arboretum for boston public school pupils
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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 →