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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “restrictedstudentscholarship”

Where the money went

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Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Univ of Md Office of Student Fin Svcs: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Towson University: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Umd Global Campus: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → George Mason University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Liberty University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Mount Aloysius College: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → University of Md: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → East Carolina University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Eastern Carolina University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → College of Southern Md: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation → Howard Community College: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation: $73K on this topic. Open the funder.Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Fo…$73KUniv of Md Office of Student Fin Svcs: received $15K on this topicUniv of Md Office of Student Fi…$15KTowson University: received $10K on this topicTowson University$10KUmd Global Campus: received $10K on this topicUmd Global Campus$10KGeorge Mason University: received $5K on this topicGeorge Mason University$5KLiberty University: received $5K on this topicLiberty University$5KMount Aloysius College: received $5K on this topicMount Aloysius College$5KUniversity of Md: received $5K on this topicUniversity of Md$5KEast Carolina University: received $5K on this topicEast Carolina University$5KEastern Carolina University: received $5K on this topicEastern Carolina University$5KCollege of Southern Md: received $5K on this topicCollege of Southern Md$5KHoward Community College: received $3K on this topicHoward Community College$3K
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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 →