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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 “sophie”
Where the money went
Forever Young Foundation for ChildrenBountiful, UTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $479,761 to TOTAL SOPHIES PLACE — general operations
Robert Mammano Frezza Memorial Scholarship FundSarasota, FL
5 matching grants · $36,000 · through 2025Largest: $12,000 to Columbia University — merit scholarship grants to alper canberk and sophie guettel who transferred from georgetown
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $388,000 · through 2023Largest: $158,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — to fund a need. in support of the sophies scholars program. for the sophie's scholars program and the teacher fund. for the annual fund. for the "educating for a lifetime" campaign…
Largest: $35,839 to SOPHIE CHO — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
Largest: $10,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS — sophie scholars
Largest: $180,000 to SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — annual fund 2024-2025, sophie's scholars program, capital campaign, shp lacrosse, shp pulse, auction underwriting
Largest: $3,000 to SOPHIE OLSON — college scholarship
Kraemer Endowment FoundationEl Cajon, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $858,345 to ST MADELINE SOPHIES CENTER — fund programs for developmentally disabled adults
Largest: $30,000 to ST MADELEINE SOPHIES TRAINING CENTER — general assistance
Largest: $25,000 to Peninsula Bridge — sophie's scholars program
Largest: $31,498 to SOPHIE JANE PULLEN — college tuition
Bruce G Geary FoundationStaten Island, NY
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to SOPHIE'S CIRCLE INC — care and support of animals
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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 →