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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 “rensselaer”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF RENSSELAER COUNTY — tutoring adult learners in rensselaer county
Largest: $1.0M to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — dr. charles s. fullgraf endowed scholarship fund for student technical clubs in engineering
The Community Foundation for the GreaterAlbany, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $125,852 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to RENSSELAER PLATEAU ALLIANCE — grant approved by cfgcr for increasing the pace of land conservation in rensselaer county
Largest: $27.6M to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — educational facility
Largest: $120,000 to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — scholarship program
Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ
9 matching grants · $31,450 · through 2024Largest: $10,800 to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — other civic / community
Largest: $5,000 to RENSSELAER COUNTY HOUSING RESOURCES — rensselaer county, first time home buyer programs, low 7 moderate income rental assistance, home repair
Largest: $50,000 to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — entegris scholarship
Largest: $25,000 to THE FOOD PANTRIES FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT — to purchase, collect and distribute food through the 70 member food pantires located in albany, rensselaer, saratoga and schenectady counties
Largest: $7,500 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — scholarships for cesar castillo ($5,000) and jonatan z lopez ($2,500)
Largest: $2,500 to RENSSELAER COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S PBA — memorial scholarship sponsor
Largest: $660,122 to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — general operating purposes
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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 →