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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 “vassar”
Where the money went
Largest: $750,000 to VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — a two-year grant towards general operating expenses for the hudson health center.
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $257,137 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to VASSAR COLLEGE — for a scholarship award.
Vassar Brothers Hospital FoundationPoughkeepsie, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $19.2M · through 2023Largest: $6.6M to VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER — operational support
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to VASSAR COLLEGE — designated to the institute for the liberal arts at vassar project
Largest: $32,000 to VASSAR COLLEGE — the vassar fund
Largest: $50,000 to VASSAR COLLEGE — - jeremy kramer '91 endowed scholarship fund $42,000-the vassar fund $8,000
Largest: $50,000 to VASSAR BROS MEDICAL CENTER — to further medical research
Largest: $11,757 to Vassar College — scholarships for a. camara ($6,960) and n. thai ($4,797)
Largest: $65,000 to VASSAR COLLEGE — john stuart gordon presidential initiatives fund
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2023Largest: $70,000 to VASSAR COLLEGE — scholarships & financial aid
Ndh FoundationRhinebeck, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2023Largest: $1.4M to Vassar Health Connecticut Inc — operatiional support
Largest: $355,000 to Vassar College — general purposes - education
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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 →