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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.
8 funders with a record of paying for “scholarhships”
Where the money went
The Drum FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to LASALLIAN CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FOUNDA — support scholarhships
The Carol L Merlone Educational FoundationLos Angeles, CA
2 matching grants · $326,690 · through 2024Largest: $164,640 to SIGMA NU ALUMNI SCHOLARHSHIP FUND — scholarship fund
Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester FoundationAtlanta, GA
2 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to Brenau University — endowed scholarhship barnett/skleder
Largest: $2,000 to COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO — scholarhship for tessaly erickson
Dance Vision FoundationLas Vegas, NVCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Texas Dancesport Jam LLC — us dance championship prize moneyprofessional prize money and pro-am scholarhship prize money for year 2024
Largest: $1,000 to MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY — scholarhships
Largest: $2,800 to LORAS COLLEGE — scholarhships
Robert and Rose Pontet Scholarship FoundationSaint Johns, AZ
1 matching grant · $2,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to ASU — tuition and books scholarhship
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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 →