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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 “schol”

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St Teresa Educational Foundation → St Teresa High School: $2.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Otto & Gertrude K Pollak Scholarship Fund → Univ of Pennsylvania: $248K across 3 grants, latest 2024George R Hanaford Tuw → W & G Hanaford Public Schol Fd: $175K across 4 grants, latest 2025B J Killian Foundation → Owensboro Communtiy College: $165K across 3 grants, latest 2024Nba Players Legacy Fund Inc → National Basketball Retired Players Association: $95K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation → Childrens Schol Fund Philadelphia: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024Annani American Education and → Char Soc for Univ Stdnt: $87K across 2 grants, latest 2023Kenneth G Bacheller Charitable → Wentworth Inst: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2025Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family → University of Colorado-Denver Schol: $70K across 5 grants, latest 2024Prosperity Denver Fund → North Side High School Alumni Schol: $58K across 1 grant, latest 2023Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation → Kennedy-King Memorial College Schol: $46K across 3 grants, latest 2024Waldman Family Charitable Trust → Sandy Caruso Memorial Nursing Schol: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2025Nba Players Legacy Fund Inc → National Basketball Retired Players Assoc: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family → University of Texas Arlington Schol: $34K across 3 grants, latest 2024Annani American Education and → Aaed Charity Beitanan: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022Prosperity Denver Fund → Denver Alumni Kappa Alpha Psi Schol: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family → Northwestern State University Schol: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023St Teresa Educational Foundation: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder.St Teresa Educational Foundat…$2.8MThe Otto & Gertrude K Pollak Scholarship Fund: $248K on this topic. Open the funder.The Otto & Gertrude K Pollak…$248KGeorge R Hanaford Tuw: $175K on this topic. Open the funder.George R Hanaford Tuw$175KB J Killian Foundation: $165K on this topic. Open the funder.B J Killian Foundation$165KNba Players Legacy Fund Inc: $140K on this topic. Open the funder.Nba Players Legacy Fund Inc$140KSandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family: $119K on this topic. Open the funder.Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Fa…$119KAnnani American Education and: $105K on this topic. Open the funder.Annani American Education and$105KHilda & Preston Davis Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder.Hilda & Preston Davis Foundat…$90KKenneth G Bacheller Charitable: $80K on this topic. Open the funder.Kenneth G Bacheller Charitable$80KProsperity Denver Fund: $74K on this topic. Open the funder.Prosperity Denver Fund$74KDean and Margaret Lesher Foundation: $46K on this topic. Open the funder.Dean and Margaret Lesher Foun…$46KWaldman Family Charitable Trust: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Waldman Family Charitable Tru…$8KSt Teresa High School: received $2.8M on this topicSt Teresa High School$2.8MUniv of Pennsylvania: received $248K on this topicUniv of Pennsylvania$248KW & G Hanaford Public Schol Fd: received $175K on this topicW & G Hanaford Public Schol Fd$175KOwensboro Communtiy College: received $165K on this topicOwensboro Communtiy College$165KNational Basketball Retired Players Association: received $95K on this topicNational Basketball Retired Pla…$95KChildrens Schol Fund Philadelphia: received $90K on this topicChildrens Schol Fund Philadelph…$90KChar Soc for Univ Stdnt: received $87K on this topicChar Soc for Univ Stdnt$87KWentworth Inst: received $80K on this topicWentworth Inst$80KUniversity of Colorado-Denver Schol: received $70K on this topicUniversity of Colorado-Denver S…$70KNorth Side High School Alumni Schol: received $58K on this topicNorth Side High School Alumni S…$58KKennedy-King Memorial College Schol: received $46K on this topicKennedy-King Memorial College S…$46KNational Basketball Retired Players Assoc: received $45K on this topicNational Basketball Retired Pla…$45KUniversity of Texas Arlington Schol: received $34K on this topicUniversity of Texas Arlington S…$34KAaed Charity Beitanan: received $18K on this topicAaed Charity Beitanan$18KDenver Alumni Kappa Alpha Psi Schol: received $16K on this topicDenver Alumni Kappa Alpha Psi S…$16KNorthwestern State University Schol: received $15K on this topicNorthwestern State University S…$15KSandy Caruso Memorial Nursing Schol: received $8K on this topicSandy Caruso Memorial Nursing S…$8K
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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 →