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12 funders with a record of paying for “vento”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to HARNEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #3 — mckinney vento student services
Largest: $10,000 to TOWN OF MARSHFIELD MCKINNEY - VENTO — general operating
Largest: $20,000 to MARIST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL — one year project support for summer reading program for mckinney-vento students
Largest: $5,253 to EMILY VENTO — room and board
Largest: $1,500 to FRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS JUSTICE CENTER OF MAUI IN — the mckinney-vento homeless assistance act students fund
St Johnslodge #9 Free and Accepted MasonsSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $24,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to Seattle Public Schools — mckinney vento program
United Way of Marquette CountyMarquette, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,226 · through 2024Largest: $8,613 to Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency — mckinney-vento homeless program
New Prairie Activity CenterNew Carlisle, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $873,828 · through 2022Largest: $873,828 to New Prairie United School Corporation — idoe learning loss grant for learning loss due to covid, robotics team, programs for mckinney vento eligible students, classroom grants
Robins Financial Credit UnionWarner Robins, GACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT — mckinney-vento program donation
Largest: $20,000 to MARIST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL — toward expenses of the genesis summer reading academy, to address the academic and social-emotional needs of mckinney-vento (homeless) and/or title 1 students.
The Skagit Community FoundationMount Vernon, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WHATCOM-SKAGIT — mckinney-vento out of school youth coordinator fund
Largest: $10,000 to ASSOCIACAO HOSPITALAR MOINHOS DE VENTO — expenditure responsibility grant
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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 →