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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 “fees”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,250 to Stephen C Wallace — scholarship fee for graft placement & flap designscholarship fee for webinar: treating peri-implantitis: synergy of biologics in treatment of peri-implantitis / graft placement & f…
Minnesota State High School League FoundationBrooklyn Center, MNCharity · may take applications
236 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $28,180 to Austin High School — offset student participation fees, provide student leadership & aed's
Largest: $20,000 to Careth Noll — panera dream scholarship donated various scholarships to eligible applicants to be used for tuition, room and board, books, or fees.
Largest: $165,000 to URBAN INSTITUTE — to update grantee's 2019 state survey of medicaid physician fees with 2024 data to support efforts to evaluate and analyze medicaid fees, fee changes (2019 to 2024), and medicaid-t…
Largest: $12,500 to ANTHI MPEKRI — scholarships are given to students to give them the opportunity to attend a medical school located in greece. the scholarship funds are to be used by the scholarship recipient at s…
Largest: $5,357 to Kaitlyn Erwin — assist with competition fees
Largest: $7,942 to SHEARER ALEXIS — tuition and fees
Largest: $3,555 to Keaton Johnson — scholarship grant for club hockey fees
Pacific Islanders in CommunicationsHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $49,000 to CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC — digital licensing fee & pic special project licensing fee
Largest: $2.3M to SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SE — student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
United Way of Virginia'S Blue RidgeRoanoke, VACharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $6.8M · through 2024Largest: $411,100 to FRANKLIN COUNTY FAMILY YMCA — early learning program fees and support
Largest: $8,900 to Meredith Sanders — tuition and fees
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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 →