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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “shiley”
Where the money went
Largest: $60,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND — shiley-marcos pledge fund
Largest: $25,700 to SHILEY EYE INSTITUTE — general operating
Largest: $40,000 to UCSD SHILEY EYEMOBILE FOR CHILDREN — general operations to support mission
Scripps Howard FundCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $44,335 · through 2023Largest: $26,025 to UCSD Shiley Children's Eyemobile — cic - kgtv - let's see 20/20
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — to support the renovations of one electrical engineering and entrepreneurship laboratory at usd's shiley-macros school of engineering
The Robert Machemer FoundationChapel Hill, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to THE SHILEY EYE INSTITUTE VITERBI DEPT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT UC SAN DIEGO — for research of christopher toomey, md, phd
Largest: $25,000 to SHILEY EYE INSTITUTE — funds for discretionary use
The Bravo FoundationSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to UC SAN DIEGO - SHILEY EYE CENTER — program support
Community Foundation of New JerseyMorristown, NJCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to UCSD SHILEY EYEMOBILE FOR CHILDREN — hospitals, specialty hospitals & community clinics
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $22,145 · through 2021Largest: $22,145 to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION — supporting california state university shiley haynes institute for palliative care strategic planning
Lm Newman Family FoundationIncline Village, NV
1 matching grant · $1,000 · through 2022Largest: $1,000 to SHILEY EYE CENTER — an unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose
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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 →