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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 “younes”
Where the money went
Largest: $6.3M to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY — younes and soraya nazarian endowment
Largest: $2,500 to CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY — honor anne cleveland & rutledge youn
Largest: $5,000 to CLAIRE JAE-YOUN KIM — tuition -m higher education
Largest: $1,000 to UCLA YOUNES AND SORAYA NAZARIAN CENTER — for israel studies
Largest: $16,659 to SEOK JOO YOUN — youn, seok joo (washington u.) "terminal caregiving: investigating hybrid solutions to dying in an aging society"
Largest: $20,000 to UCLA YOUNES & SORAYA NAZARIAN CENTER FOR ISRAEL STUDIES (VIA UCLA FOUNDATIO — teaching endowment
Largest: $25,000 to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION — to underwrite performances at the younes and soraya nazarian center for the performing arts (the soraya)
Whirlpool FoundationBenton Harbor, MI
1 matching grant · $6,000 · through 2022Largest: $6,000 to Youn Nora (Junga) — sons & daughters scholarship
Rising Tide Community Loan FundBethlehem, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,000 · through 2021Largest: $40,000 to VIOLETTE YOUNES — reimburse eligible businesses for revenue losses experienced due to the covid-19 global pandemic.
Largest: $10,000 to TWO STATE YOUN MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO — contributions to public charities
Largest: $15,000 to BACK 2 GOD INC — to support men of excellence mentorship program for youn men of paramore
Largest: $10,000 to University of Pennsylvania — still launching? moral understandings of financial (in)dependence in youn...
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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 →

