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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 “ellen”
Where the money went
Largest: $500,000 to University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine — ellen s clark rvcl research fund
Good Shepherd Community HealthHermiston, ORCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $210,811 · through 2023Largest: $73,044 to GOOD SHEPHERD HEALTH CARE SYSTEM — fuel, vehicle maintenance, minor supplies; tobacco cessation program; colorectal screening kits; cooking classes for seniors; dentures for senior adults; mental health outreach for…
Largest: $100,000 to BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY — in support of the ellen ochoa and coe f. miles engineering endowed scholarship.
Largest: $25,000 to GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — mary ellen caplin scholarship fund
Largest: $15,000 to TYRRELL MARY ELLEN — fellowship stipend
Largest: $6.0M to University of Washington Foundation — the laura ellen and robert muglia family foundation endowed chair in transdisciplinary pain medicine & the laura ellen and robert muglia family foundation endowed chair for orthopa…
Largest: $5,000 to Case Western Reserve University — research support for ellen & dixon long chair
Largest: $26,000 to JEN ELLEN NICKELSON - ALABAMA U OF — 79134 interdisciplinary research leaders cohort six - 2021
Largest: $40,000 to MILWAUKEE AREA TECH COLLEGE FDN INC — joe & ellen checota scholarship program
Largest: $50,000 to JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT — david f. and ellen j. sherman family philanthropy fund
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance FoundationLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $188,000 · through 2024Largest: $52,000 to Glen Ellen Vocational Academy Inc (GEVA) — thoroughbred aftercare
Largest: $37,000 to DAVID & ELLEN ROSS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — scholarship fund
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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 →