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3 funders with a record of paying for “scientia”

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Ueland Foundation → Monte Sant' Angelo Foundation: $103K across 2 grants, latest 2023Glenn W Bailey Charitable Trust → Scientiae: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Baranay Family Foundation Inc → University of Notre Dame: $72K across 3 grants, latest 2024Baranay Family Foundation Inc → University of Notre Dame: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025Ueland Foundation: $103K on this topic. Open the funder.Ueland Foundation$103KBaranay Family Foundation Inc: $87K on this topic. Open the funder.Baranay Family Foundation Inc$87KGlenn W Bailey Charitable Trust: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.Glenn W Bailey Charitable Tru…$75KMonte Sant' Angelo Foundation: received $103K on this topicMonte Sant' Angelo Foundation$103KScientiae: received $75K on this topicScientiae$75KUniversity of Notre Dame: received $72K on this topicUniversity of Notre Dame$72KUniversity of Notre Dame: received $15K on this topicUniversity of Notre Dame$15K
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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 →