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12 funders with a record of paying for “shana”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to GRACEPOINT SCHOOL — allocated to the shana pardue hope scholarship fund
Largest: $31,000 to T'Shana McClain - Denver U of Grad Sch of Soc Wor — 77860 health policy research scholars cohort four
Largest: $15,000 to HENRY SHANA — fellowship stipend
Largest: $3,500 to SHANA ELKINS — educational scholarship
Largest: $50,000 to SHANA REDMOND — music research
Largest: $8,500 to BRIANA SHANAE' PITTS — scholarship - university of north carolina at charlotte
Largest: $175,000 to MINNESOTA MARINE ART MUSEUM — to support artists shana griffin and tia simone gardners research for an august 2024 exhibition
Largest: $10,000 to SHANA SIMMONS DANCE — support of administrative costs
Largest: $50,000 to ANTENNA PRESS STREET — curatorial research fellowship: shana m. griffin
Largest: $35,000 to FRANKEL SHANA — dorot israel fellowship program
Largest: $18,000 to SHANA SIMMONS DANCE — to support hybrid, a full length show featuring a collaboration between naina roy and shana simmons dance, a new work using a large cirque seesaw that attaches to one dancers waist…
Largest: $1,936 to SHANA BROCCOLINO — emergency family aid
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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 →