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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 “katherine”
Where the money went
Largest: $37,704 to Boston University — scholarships for valeria castillo ($2,500), christian gonzalez ($2,100), emily hornik ($6,315), hafcha khanam ($7,500), tai le ($4,637), katherin luna ($7,152), and alberto trejo (…
Largest: $40,592 to EMMA-KATHERINE BOWERS — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
Largest: $31,000 to Katherine G Somerville - Colorado U of Denver — 77870 health policy research scholars cohort four
Largest: $15,000 to CARR KATHERINE — fellowship stipend
Largest: $25,000 to KATHERINE ELEANOR WHITE — white, katherine (california, san diego, u. of) "anatomy and the search for natural man in the 16th-century iberian world"
Largest: $9,876 to KATHERINE BEESON — educational scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to KATHERINE DIECKMAN — university of wisconsin - stout college scholarship
Largest: $9,000 to Katherine Carr — grant support
Largest: $59,096 to KATHERINE DAMMER — global risk research program - educational scholarship
Largest: $300,000 to BNGF KATHERINE & AUSTIN WYKER FUND — donor advised fund
Largest: $8,000 to EMBRY RIDDLE - KATHERINE ELIZABETH CLARK — college scholarships
Largest: $20,000 to CCS - KATHERINE'S HOUSE & RITA'S HOUSE — katherine's house & rita's house
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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 →

