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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 “chavez”
Where the money went
Largest: $34,896 to University of California-Riverside — scholarships for batool abdaljawad ($5,500), brian altamirano ($7,879), genesis chavez ($5,000), melanie chavez ($5,000), felipe cruz ($5,000), manuel cruz ($2,517), vanessa cucue …
Largest: $27,463 to Chavez-Flores Y — educational scholarship
Largest: $25,800 to VANESSA CHAVEZ ACEVEDO — educational scholarship
Largest: $250,000 to AMIGOS DE GUADALUPE CENTER FOR JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT — for amigos de guadalupe to acquire cesar chavez' former home in the mayfair neighborhood of east san jose and develop the chavez family center for community action and "living muse…
Largest: $14,298 to MARILYN CHAVEZ — educational scholarship
Children'S Defense FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $728,658 · through 2023Largest: $155,391 to ACADEMIA CESAR CHAVEZ CHARTER — program supports
Largest: $3,370 to Chavez-Dimas D — houston community college scholarship
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $580,675 · through 2024Largest: $57,928 to CESAR CHAVEZ SERVICE CLUBS — for cesar chavez service club summer program
Largest: $5,000 to Ericca Chavez — scholarship grant
Largest: $74,484 to HOLLY CHAVEZ — scholarships & outreach
Largest: $5,000 to WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY — tuition scholarship - ivania chavez
Largest: $32,500 to CESAR CHAVEZ DRIVE BID #38 — general operations
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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 →