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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 “sponshorship”
Where the money went
Sentara HealthVirginia Beach, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $151,636 · through 2024Largest: $95,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — relay for life, sponshorship
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $101,000 · through 2023Largest: $72,000 to PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA — ipos sponshorship (pediatric & adolescent orthopaedic conditions)
Largest: $16,000 to MISSION TO THE WORLD — to support a sponshorship program for orphaned & ovc to attend a christian school in acapulco, mx
Largest: $2,500 to BISHOP GORMAN HIGHT SCHOOL — charity sponshorship
BmhBlackfoot, IDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $86,500 · through 2023Largest: $86,500 to EAST IDAHO HOCKEY INC — hockey sponshorship
AarpWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,000 · through 2024Largest: $21,000 to University of Southern California — sponshorship of annual symposium on elder justice and family caregiving event
Crofton CaresMayfield Hts, OH
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to BEACHWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION — hope heroes sponshorship
Iccfa Educational FoundationSterling, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to NATL ASSOC OF CEMETERIES — un sponshorship
Verity Credit UnionSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to PEACE PELOTON — peace peloton harmony hustle sponshorship
Largest: $10,000 to HEARD MUSEUM — best of show sponsorship and best of classification ribbon sponshorship
Brown MedicineProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $8,000 · through 2022Largest: $8,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY THE WARREN ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL — gold sponsor 2023 ri trans health conference sponshorship
Largest: $57,265 to AGAHOZO-SHALOMN YOUTH VILLAGE — village time gala sponshorship (ishema level)
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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 →