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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 “spouse”
Where the money went
Largest: $16,894 to PATRICK FUGATE — grant year 1, spouse language, scholar language
Largest: $15,000 to COLLEEN MARCHI — veteran and military spouse entrepreneurship
Largest: $200,000 to MILITARY SPOUSE CORPORATE CAREER NETWORK INC — arm-me-up army military spouse career campaign providing army spouses with upskilling, reskilling, job readiness, job quality and equality
Largest: $75,000 to PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION — filling financial gaps not covered by the post 9-11 g.i. bill by providing academic scholarships for service members, veterans or their spouses
Towercares FoundationLaurel, MDCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $69,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION — military spouse scholarship and employment program
Folds of Honor Kansas CityPrairie Village, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — funding of scholarships for spouses and dependent sons and daughters of service members who are either killed or permanentaly disabled while serving and defending our great nation.
Veterans United FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $248,000 · through 2025Largest: $18,000 to OPERATION GRATITUDE INC — battalion buddy kits and military spouse care packages
Folds of Honor Western PaWexford, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $408,239 to FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — funding scholarships for spouses and dependents of service members who are disabled
Patriot Shootout - IndianaCarmel, INCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $922,030 · through 2024Largest: $364,030 to FOLDS OF HONOR — provide the national organization with grant funds that provide recipients with higher education scholarships and children's fund scholarships for spouses and dependents for servic…
Largest: $20,000 to OPERATION HEALING FORCES — provides week long retreats for veterans and spouses with ptsd
Largest: $10,325 to FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — scholarships to spouses and children of fallen soldiers and disabled service-members
Largest: $5,500 to CITIZENS AGAINST SPOUSE ABUSE INC — update kitchen in domestic violence shelter
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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 →