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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 “unviersity”
Where the money went
George Kaiser Family FoundationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $8.8M · through 2023Largest: $6.7M to Oklahoma State Unviersity — center for advanced aerial mobility: launchpad research&tech center(build back better)
Largest: $20,000 to TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNVIERSITY — charitable use
Parkinson Voice ProjectRichardson, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $33,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to UNVIERSITY OF S FLORIDA — support speech science department
Largest: $725,000 to UNVIERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA — to fund men's basketball and the institute for energy efficiency
Seminole BoostersTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $5.8M · through 2024Largest: $5.8M to FLORIDA STATE UNVIERSITY — athletic program support and student scholarship support
Kohlheim Family Fdn Inc - AgySullivans Island, SC
2 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $5,000 to THE MEDICAL UNVIERSITY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — hollings cancer center
Rheumatology Research FoundationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2021Largest: $50,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNVIERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF — amgen fellowship training award
Howard Brown Health CenterChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $221,874 · through 2022Largest: $221,874 to Loyola Unviersity — program support
Accreditation Council for GraduateChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $120,000 · through 2023Largest: $120,000 to UNVIERSITY OF MICHIGAN — relationship between general surgery resident experience
Largest: $200,000 to THE FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNVIERSITY STUDENTS — charitable gift
A Alfred Taubman FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNVIERSITY OF MICHIGAN — frances and kenneth eisenberg and family depression center
Largest: $10,000 to SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNVIERSITY — direct scholarship
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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 →