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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 “simpson”
Where the money went
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $357,737 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to SIMPSON COLLEGE — simpson annual fund.
Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC — the john and dr. gail simpson cahill endowed scholarship fund at the university of massachusetts lowell
Largest: $30,050 to University of California-Riverside — scholarships for paola reyes ($5,000), alyssa rodriguez ($5,000), denice rodriguez ($3,834), evelyn salazar ($1,100), dalia salgado ($5,200), eric simpson ($1,000), vyna ton ($6,69…
Largest: $10,000 to ZACH STEENHOEK SIMPSON COLLEGE — educational scholarship award
Largest: $16,800 to SIMPSON COLLEGE — private college carver scholarship p
Largest: $3,000 to SIMPSON COLLEGE — program support
Iowa College FoundationDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $227,924 · through 2024Largest: $60,256 to SIMPSON COLLEGE — provide scholarships
Largest: $2,111 to EMILY LOWE — scholarship - simpson
RetailroiFranklin, TNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $142,986 · through 2025Largest: $44,508 to FERGUS SIMPSON FOUNDATION — youth entrepreneurship
Largest: $10,000 to Simpson College — designated for thefrances l. dawson scholarship fund
Largest: $250,455 to Husson College — scholarships - k alley, m alley, t archer, a astbury, a beal, j boutin, l boutin, j brassbridge, a brown, a brown, a bryden, r bubar, t carter, b catheron, j clapp, h clifford, a c…
Largest: $88,000 to SIMPSON COLLEGE — promote education
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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 →