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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 “wilbur”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to TOWN OF WILBUR — basketball court in the city park
Innovia FoundationSpokane, WACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $167,968 · through 2024Largest: $24,800 to Wilbur Community Center — restricted for the replacement of french doors on the west end of the wilbur community center
Largest: $7,500 to St John's College — wilbur matz annual scholarship fund
Largest: $35,000 to HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF HENRY COUNTY — wilbur wright trail phase 3
Largest: $257,425 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN — to develop an innovative postsecondary pathway to stem graduate education for domestic black, latinx/a/o, and indigenous students from wilbur wright college to uiuc
Old Dominion University ResearchNorfolk, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to WILBUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LLC — subcontract for sponsored research classified as program services.
Hagan FoundationNewman Lake, WA
2 matching grants · $25,564 · through 2025Largest: $20,412 to WILBUR CRESTON HIGH SCHOOL — drone pilot competition
Ws and Mary E BenbrookMountain Home, AR
2 matching grants · $3,915 · through 2025Largest: $2,208 to JENSON WILBUR — educational scholarship
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — restricted to financial aid for students @ wilbur o and ann powers college of business
The Winnick Family FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
2 matching grants · $17,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to SCBWI IMPACT AND LEGACY FUND — the charlotte and wilbur award.
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $19,000 · through 2023Largest: $11,000 to PAUL WILBUR MINISTRIES INC — religious ministry
Largest: $100,000 to SALINA BASEBALL ENTERPRISES — renovations of wilbur baseball stadium
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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 →