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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “shaw”
Where the money went
Largest: $214,584 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - j richards, c ricker, s riese, m robb, a roberts, a roberts, d robinson, g robinson, m robinson, b rogers, j rogers, l roinestad, a rolfe, t rosado-st. pet…
United Negro College FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $3.2M to SHAW UNIVERSITY — grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
Largest: $10,000 to KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWNMENT ASSOCI — dr richard c & ruth shaw school
Greater Milwaukee FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON — james d. shaw and dorothy shaw fund shaw scientist grant
April 30th FoundationHilton Head Island, SC
4 matching grants · $900,000 · through 2025Largest: $300,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — eye center and neil shaw penn scholarship endowment
Largest: $350,000 to UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - CVRTI — dr. shaw / hong
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
5 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2025Largest: $1.2M to SHAW UNIVERSITY — nurturing children-worship & prayer
Largest: $167,679 to St John's Prep — funding for the ryan shaw '15 entrepreneur education program and center for scholarships
Largest: $91,931 to ZACHARY SHAW — global risk research program - educational scholarship
Largest: $15,000 to SHAW UNIVERSITY — program support
Central Intercollegiate Athletic AssocCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $153,205 · through 2024Largest: $43,576 to SHAW UNIVERSITY — scholarship funds
EdvestorsBoston, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $91,800 · through 2024Largest: $28,000 to COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON — r17 1-year: community music center of boston with roosevelt k-8 school, hurley k-8 school, murphy k-8 school, shaw-taylor elementary school
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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 →