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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.
7 funders with a record of paying for “schoolarships”
Where the money went
Largest: $29,367 to CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATI — schoolarships
Alotian Charitable EventsRoland, ARCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DALLAS — to support the sonya & william macatee schoolarship fund
Arbor Dog FoundationCockeysville, MD
1 matching grant · $12,500 · through 2024Largest: $12,500 to BALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLARSHIP — to be used for their charitable purposes
Largest: $15,000 to Joe A Gonzalez Education is Freedom — support schoolarships for students in the coastal bend
Largest: $5,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOL — straubel family schoolarship fund
Ck and Kay Ho FoundationRancho Palos Verdes, CA
1 matching grant · $4,000 · through 2022Largest: $4,000 to St John's Unviversity — fund in university art garllery to provide schoolarship.
Jluz FoundationScottsdale, AZ
1 matching grant · $3,000 · through 2023Largest: $3,000 to Notre Dame Prep — schoolarship cancer or robotics
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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 →