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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 “sanders”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to Community Foundation of PB & Martin Counties — split between two funds - $10,000 to sanders creative writing scholarship fund and $10,000 to sanders fund to promote literacy
Largest: $3,000 to BEAU SANDERS — educational scholarship
Largest: $30,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — rance m. sanders endowed scholarship
Largest: $4,500 to Sanders Maelyn — individual scholarship
Will Rogers Motion PictureBurbank, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FORT SANDERS FDN PATRICIA NEAL REHAB CTR — medical research fellowship
Western Montana Area Vi AgencyPolson, MTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $766,459 · through 2024Largest: $215,157 to SANDERS COUNTY COA — aging services
Largest: $19,148 to ALLIE SANDERS — educational scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to SANDERS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT — meals for backpacks
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, …
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
5 matching grants · $38,850 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to MOZELL SANDERS FOUNDATION INC — holiday assistance fund
Montana Justice FoundationHelena, MTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $29,700 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES — court filing fees, guardian ad litem and settlement master fees and costs, expert witness fees and costs, mediation service fees, translation service fees
Largest: $36,463 to TRINITY SANDERS — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
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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 →