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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 “sylvan”
Where the money went
Largest: $400,000 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc — support for the after-school all-stars program and summer academy at sylvan hills middle school and hollis innovation academy.
Largest: $10,000 to SYLVAN WINDS INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $150,000 to SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK AND ECO-CENTER INC — unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
Largest: $25,000 to MT SYLVAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — support for church operations and community support
Greater Salina Community FoundationSalina, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $36,063 · through 2024Largest: $16,610 to Sylvan Senior Center — human services
Education Freedom AlabamaBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $214,184 · through 2022Largest: $144,684 to SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER — to provide access to
Community Foundation of NorthernFort Collins, COCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $53,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to HEART J CENTER FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SYLVAN DALE RANCH — program support
Largest: $25,000 to SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK AND ECO CENTER INC — public benefit
Largest: $2,855 to SYLVAN NOOK CHURCH OF CHRIST — matching contribution (general operating support)
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $87,946 · through 2022Largest: $64,990 to Sylvan Township — legacy grant for camp ripley sentinel landscape assessment
Largest: $17,428 to USD 299 SYLVAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS — rural workforce development program grant
Largest: $10,000 to SYLVAN HEIGHTS BIRD PARK — general activities
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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 →