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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “scholarshipo”

Where the money went

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Carle C Conway Scholarship → Norwalk Community College Foundation: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2021David M Crowley Foundation → Cisfercian Preparatory School: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Encova Foundation of West Virginia → West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Carle C Conway Scholarship: $68K on this topic. Open the funder.Carle C Conway Scholarship$68KDavid M Crowley Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.David M Crowley Foundation$50KEncova Foundation of West Virginia: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Encova Foundation of West Vir…$5KNorwalk Community College Foundation: received $68K on this topicNorwalk Community College Found…$68KCisfercian Preparatory School: received $50K on this topicCisfercian Preparatory School$50KWest Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities Inc: received $5K on this topicWest Virginia Independent Colle…$5K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →