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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.
6 funders with a record of paying for “scholrship”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to BENTON CHRISTIAN SCHOLRSHIP FUND — to fund christian education
Free and Accepted Masons Vesper LodgeRed Bluff, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $125,450 · through 2025Largest: $46,600 to School Sholarships — scholrships to indl's $1000 or less
Largest: $5,000 to THE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP — scholarship awarded
Largest: $204,000 to THORON MACARTHUR SCHOLRSHIP FOUNDAT — provide funding to a foundation based in the philippines providing educational services to underpriviledgedchildren.
Largest: $4,000 to CATHERINE BOENSCH — scholrship university of michigan
Largest: $1,000 to YMCA — camp scholrship program
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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 →