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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 “telethon”
Where the money went
Fraternal Order of EaglesWinona, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON — cancer research
Largest: $15,000 to HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER — hope telethon - general operating support
Geneva Cancer AuctionGeneva, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $331,000 · through 2024Largest: $166,000 to EAGLES CANCER TELETHON — cancer research
Reed FoundationGilbertsville, KY
4 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to LIONS CLUB TELETHON — operating budget
Puppies & GolfSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $137,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to K9 FOR WARRIORS — puppies & golf continually supports k9 for warriors and we attended a telethon where we presented them with a check toward their cause of pairing warriors with a service dog.
Largest: $6,000 to VARIETY KIDS TELETHON — general - unrestricted
West Tn Healthcare FoundationJackson, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $236,690 · through 2024Largest: $85,570 to CARL PERKINS CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE — $1,120 for telethon; $1,000 for gibson county telethon; $83,450 for general support
Largest: $15,000 to CP TELETHON — provide funding for research
Largest: $262,500 to CP INC — cp telethon program support & center updates
Largest: $10,000 to United Food Bank — summer of a million meals telethon match
Largest: $1,500 to CEREBRAL PALSEY INC — telethon pledge
Largest: $10,000 to CEREBRAL PALSY INC — telethon sponsor
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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 →