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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 “russell”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to RUSSELL PRIDE INC — matching grant for i.d.e.a makerspace project
Largest: $6,500 to Boy Scouts of Russell County — russell county boy scout
Greater Northwest Kansas CommunityBird City, KSCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $380,397 · through 2024Largest: $151,000 to RUSSELL DEVELOPMENT INC — public & societal benefit
Largest: $12,864 to RUSSELL SR CITIZENS ORGANIZATION INC — annual distribution
Largest: $125,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — alice and russell true endowed scholarship fund
Largest: $7,500 to RUSSELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL — general/operating
Largest: $10,000 to RUSSELL HOME FOR ATYPICAL CHILDREN INC — program support
Woodland Farm FoundationRussell Springs, KY
5 matching grants · $490,332 · through 2025Largest: $77,000 to RUSSELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — russell co imagination library
Largest: $105,000 to CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION — crimson standard fund - athletic scholarships/ russell scholarships
Largest: $292,000 to Russell Sage Foundation — for research projects on u.s. immigration and immigrant integration into american society
Largest: $223,786 to Mississippi State University — scholarships - alonzo, andino, bailey, gibson, frazure, hardy, harrison, horton, howard, jackson, love, moore, o'bryant, owah, parker, pittman, rodgers, russell, sanders, schulle, …
The Community Foundation for the GreaterAlbany, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $144,100 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE — grant awarded per the recommendation of a donor advisor and approved by cfgcr for the 2023-2024 opalka family scholarships
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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 →

