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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 “sykes”
Where the money went
Largest: $122,682 to University of Southern Mississippi — scholarships - k. bates, j. cleaver, d. conway, d. cooper, h. dye, s. edmondson, m. heath, o. knight, k. miller, h. o'bryant, k. pettway, m. simmons, b. sykes, a. williams, c. flem…
Largest: $22,672 to Sykes A — educational scholarship
Largest: $212,314 to University of Maine at Augusta — scholarships - y al hoshan, n allard, n bajor, s beeaker, k brown, a bucknam, g buehne, a charette, r clough, m cormier, a corson, l cox, l cyr, h daigneault, j durost, m frazier, …
Largest: $5,025 to University of Tampa — sykes school of business
Largest: $6,000 to A Sykes — scholarship grant
Largest: $3,000 to KATHERINE SYKES — damage or loss of home
Largest: $7,000 to MCMAHON THOMAS SYKES — college scholarship
Largest: $6,000 to CARRIE SYKES — academic scholarship
Largest: $31,000 to TAYLAN THEADORA SYKES STULTING - WI — 82159 health policy research scholars cohort eight - 2024
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $36,000 · through 2022Largest: $36,000 to QCC- THE CENTER FOR LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER ART & CULTURE — dazie grego-sykes and the commissioning of the changer and the changed, but qcc-the center for lesbian gay bisexual transgender art & culture retains legal discretion and control, …
Largest: $15,000 to AISHA SYKES — jikite - bringing access & agency to the fore of domestic, care, and service work
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2021Largest: $30,000 to DRAW A SMILE FOUNDATION — for general operating support, recommended by albert sykes of idea
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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 →