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12 funders with a record of paying for “scroll”
Where the money went
Thakur Family FoundationSt Petersburg, FL
4 matching grants · $34,017 · through 2025Largest: $12,815 to SCROLL MEDIA INC — grant recipient - public health
Largest: $45,000 to Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation — general operations
Largest: $33,000 to SCROLL PRIZE — vesuvius challenge research prize fund
Largest: $75,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM — help with the costs of conserving three chinese scrolls in the museum's collection: "magpies and willow trees", "after the bath, and "ning qi with his ox."
Largest: $2.1M to SCROLL PRIZE INC — support coding education
Mercatus CenterArlington, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Scroll Prize Inc — research and education grants
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,400 · through 2024Largest: $14,050 to BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL — amount for the scroll and knot level. grant recommendation from keith pittillo and john bauer.
Largest: $270,000 to SCROLL MEDIA INC — the primary goals are to diversify and deepen three existing revenue streams: membership; ground events and advertising.
Largest: $90,000 to UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY — to support additional conservation work needed on a set of scrolls in the herculaneum papyri collection
Largest: $1,237 to KAFTUR VEPERAH OMANUT SEFER TORAH MANTLE FOR TEN BRACHA AMUTAH — mantle for torah scroll
Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $31,500 · through 2024Largest: $31,500 to KRONOS PERFORMING ARTS ASSN — two years of project support for kronos performing arts association to collaborate with victoria shen to create and perform unfurling the scroll, a new piece of concert music
The Coeta and Donald BarkerRancho Mirage, CA
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to RONALD REGAN PRESIDENTIAL — dead sea scrolls exhibit donation
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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 →