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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 “wauwatosa”
Where the money went
Waukesha County Community FoundationWaukesha, WICharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $52,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to VILLAGE OF WAUWATOSA BID — festivals sponsorship
Education Foundation of WauwatosaWauwatosa, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $209,820 · through 2025Largest: $72,253 to SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WAUWATOSA — to help fund programs which offer students an opportunity to enhance their education that might otherwise not have been possible due to school budgetary constraints.
Wauwatosa Public Library FoundationWauwatosa, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $78,161 · through 2024Largest: $57,759 to WAUWATOSA PUBLIC LIBRARY — to support the wauwatosa public library
Older Adults Technology ServicesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $16,820 · through 2025Largest: $6,500 to City Of Wauwatosa — grant to support oats' senior planet program
Largest: $2,000 to WAUWATOSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — organization's tax exempt purpose
Chc Creating Healthier CommunitiesAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $16,486 · through 2023Largest: $9,055 to ALS ASSOCIATION WISCONSIN WISCONSIN CHAPTER WAUWATOSA — research/publiceducation
Largest: $25,000 to Wauwatosa Avenue United Methodist Church — environmental school
Largest: $10,000 to WAUWATOSA WEST HIGH SCHOOL — to fund approved public charities
Largest: $6,000 to WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - WAUWATOSA — 2022 awards fellows and leader schools
Largest: $210,000 to WAUWATOSA CURLING CLUB — assist organization - renovation fund
Largest: $2,000 to EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF WAUWATOSA — support a public charity
Greater Milwaukee FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $53,512 · through 2022Largest: $53,512 to FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST - WAUWATOSA — sustaining support
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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 →