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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 “sylvia”
Where the money went
Largest: $46,552 to SYLVIA ESPARZA — educational scholarship
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.0M to Sylvia Rivera Law Project Inc — general operating support
Largest: $15,000 to GAYATINEA SYLVIA — fellowship stipend
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $91,500 · through 2024Largest: $24,000 to SYLVIA WOODS- JOSEPHINE WYATT & CLARICE DURHAM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $134,464 to University of Southern Maine — scholarships - k andrews, m barnes, j bartlett, n bassett, h black, g blackwell, m brown, d cayouette, j cote, p davenport, c decker, k doughty, e dugan, s fiske, e hallundbaek, h …
Expanded SchoolsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $199,000 · through 2024Largest: $65,000 to THE SYLVIA CENTER — expanded learning time
Largest: $30,000 to SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT — general operating purposes
Camelot Community CareClearwater, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $768,469 · through 2024Largest: $268,902 to SYLVIA THOMAS CENTER — child welfare services
The Release Recovery FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $61,500 · through 2024Largest: $32,000 to SYLVIA BRAFMAN — scholarship for individual to recieve mental health treatment
Largest: $207,572 to Ross Manor — provide financial assistance to qualified residents for assisted living at sylvia ross home at ross manor
Purjes FoundationLongboat Key, FL
3 matching grants · $289,500 · through 2024Largest: $139,500 to THE SYLVIA CENTER — support health education
David & Robin Jaye Foundation Charitable TrustMashpee, MA
3 matching grants · $271,000 · through 2024Largest: $101,000 to TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER — edward & sylvia jayeexcellence in nursingaward
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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 →