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6 funders with a record of paying for “shirk”

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Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation → Illinois Wesleyan University: $725K across 4 grants, latest 2025Oscar and Keturah Haab Foundation → Serge Global Inc - Shirk Ministry: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024Redlands Community Foundation → Kimberly-Shirk Association: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation → University of California at San Diego: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023David Winton Bell Foundation → Kimberly-Shirk Association: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Keel Foundation → Bailey Hatfield Shirks: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation: $725K on this topic. Open the funder.Russell and Betty Shirk Found…$725KOscar and Keturah Haab Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Oscar and Keturah Haab Founda…$18KRedlands Community Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Redlands Community Foundation$15KThe Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Fou…$10KDavid Winton Bell Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.David Winton Bell Foundation$3KThe Keel Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.The Keel Foundation$2KIllinois Wesleyan University: received $725K on this topicIllinois Wesleyan University$725KSerge Global Inc - Shirk Ministry: received $18K on this topicSerge Global Inc - Shirk Minist…$18KKimberly-Shirk Association: received $18K on this topicKimberly-Shirk Association$18KUniversity of California at San Diego: received $10K on this topicUniversity of California at San…$10KBailey Hatfield Shirks: received $2K on this topicBailey Hatfield Shirks$2K
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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 →