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12 funders with a record of paying for “vela”
Where the money went
Largest: $12,453 to BRYAN VELA — educational scholarship
Largest: $250,000 to VELA EDUCATION FUND — vela education fund: utah
4point0 SchoolsNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $136,500 · through 2021Largest: $25,500 to Novelly — tiny fellowship, vela, angel
Largest: $6.0M to VELA Education Fund — to invest in education innovation occurring outside the bounds of traditional school, reaching millions of underserved students and families.
Largest: $25,000 to VELA — vela autism program expansion
Largest: $2.0M to VELA EDUCATION FUND — restricted - $2,000,000 grant recipients who focus on core learning, stem, career & technical education, and economics & entrepreneurship
Largest: $3,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — scholarship - belinda k vela
Largest: $5,000 to CAITLIN VELA MOTA — college scholarship
Largest: $3,000 to WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY — tuition scholarship - miguel vela
Largest: $47,379 to University of Texas at San Antonio — scholarships for evangilyn froelich (2,684), gisell vela (12,010), graciela palomo (2,819), holanda saldivar (7,500), jeremiah carmona (7,500), jonathan valdez (2,166), juan martin…
Austin Community FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $47,500 · through 2023Largest: $31,000 to VELA — grant award in support of vela's 2022 hispanic impact fund proposal
Largest: $250,000 to VELA EDUCATION FUND — expand vela micro-grants across texas
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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 →