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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.

4 funders with a record of paying for “scholarshipseducation”

Where the money went

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The Harold Hamm Foundation → Stropes Foudation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tri-County Telephone Foundation → (6) Scholarships: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Waldoboro Lions Foundation → Medomak Valley High School: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Thomas Martin Foundation → Kappa Kappa Gamma Fdn: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Thomas Martin Foundation → University Academy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Harold Hamm Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Harold Hamm Foundation$10KTri-County Telephone Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Tri-County Telephone Foundati…$5KWaldoboro Lions Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Waldoboro Lions Foundation$5KThomas Martin Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Thomas Martin Foundation$2KStropes Foudation: received $10K on this topicStropes Foudation$10K(6) Scholarships: received $5K on this topic(6) Scholarships$5KMedomak Valley High School: received $5K on this topicMedomak Valley High School$5KKappa Kappa Gamma Fdn: received $1K on this topicKappa Kappa Gamma Fdn$1KUniversity Academy: received $1K on this topicUniversity Academy$1K
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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 →