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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 “wright”
Where the money went
Largest: $105,000 to KATHY DENISE WRIGHT - OHIO ST U — 79429 improving stress and hypertension outcomes in african-american female caregivers of persons living with dementia -- kathy denise wright, phd
Largest: $10,000 to FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BLDG CONSERVANCY — to preserve and sustain the remaining works designed by frank lloyd wright through advocacy, education, and technical services
The Dayton FoundationDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $880,586 · through 2024Largest: $298,459 to WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY — general support and various projects
Dayton Foundation DepositoryDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $564,782 to WRIGHT MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY — general support and various projects
Largest: $700,000 to CHARLES H WRIGHT MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY — to increase the digital capacity of the charles h. wright museum through strategic planning, key hires, and infrastructure upgrades.
Largest: $179,780 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - d navarro, e navarro, r nelson, j noyes, i nuesslein, s page, a pappianne, j parent, g parker, g parks, m parks, j peaco, b penney, k perkins, a peters, c …
Largest: $3,000 to CRYSTAL WRIGHT — damage or loss of home
Largest: $15,000 to CHARLES WRIGHT ACADEMY — charles wright academy baseball field improvements
Largest: $480,000 to Wright State University — reynolds leadership scholars program 3 of 3 individual scholarships & national guard scholarships
Wright State PhysiciansFairborn, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $784,989 to WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY — scholarship funds, program support for boonshoft school of medicine
Laurel HighlandsLigonier, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $192,725 · through 2025Largest: $41,160 to Frank Lloyd Wrights Fallingwater — marketingoperatingcapital
Largest: $5,000 to MAREN WRIGHT — university scholarship
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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 →