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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.
9 funders with a record of paying for “schoalrships”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to ZECHARIAH LANDSTROM — college schoalrship
Largest: $40,000 to THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF WAKEF — community schoalrship funding
Rocky Mountain University of Health ProfProvo, UTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $126,485 · through 2024Largest: $126,485 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS — schoalrships and general support
Largest: $2,000 to MASONIC TEMPLE - HARDING LODGE SCHOLARSHIP — harding lodge schoalrship
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION — to establish the james t and valeria b robertson foundation schoalrship fund for the benefit of the herff college of engineering technology
Largest: $10,000 to THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION — restricted schoalrship funds
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,739 · through 2024Largest: $7,739 to PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET — to support schoalrships.
International Brotherhood ofBridgeport, CTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND — donation to support schoalrship program for children of teamster members.
Lillis FoundationCastle Rock, CO
1 matching grant · $3,000 · through 2021Largest: $3,000 to LEWIS AND CLARK — schoalrship grant - bode dalton
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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 →