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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 “undergraduate”
Largest: $271,362 to GENERAL — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
Largest: $4,000 to GETTYSBURG COLLEGE — undergraduate scholar awards
Largest: $280,000 to MUSEUM ASSOCIATES — getty marrow undergraduate interns at los angeles county organizations
Largest: $2,500 to Austin Raley — scholarship grant for undergraduate tuition
Largest: $293,974 to SOCIETY FOR IND AND APPLIED MATHS — the siam-simons undergraduate summer research program
Largest: $11,000 to RUBY VIED — undergraduate scholarship award
Largest: $225,000 to Rutgers University-Newark — rutgers university-newark - three cbl undergraduate stem scholarships
The Morrison & Foerster FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $401,870 · through 2024Largest: $19,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — undergraduate program (terraciano scholarship awards)
Largest: $8.6M to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — to support the administration and annual institutional renewals for the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship program
Light Ranch at Old Snowmass CharitableGlenwood Springs, CO
44 matching grants · $141,500 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to MANUEL GOMEZ — scholarship for undergraduate studies (paid directly to university)
The Community Foundation ofLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to HAMILTON COLLEGE — b42 undergraduate college (4-year)
Largest: $10,000 to OLIVIA O'HARA — scholarship for undergraduate program at state university of new york
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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 →