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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 “payoff”
Where the money went
Largest: $35,000 to NEW ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — to be applied towards payoff of debt on the cornerstone animal hospital
Tuggle Construction FoundationPeachtree City, GA
6 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to CARROLL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION — assist with payoff of school lunch balances
Largest: $181,320 to LUIS DEL CID — payments for utilities, car, car insurance, and home mortgage payoff
Largest: $62,500 to DEREK AMANDA FAVREAU — hardship gift - payoff student debt
Lemert Ranch TrustArkansas City, KS
2 matching grants · $10,961 · through 2024Largest: $5,712 to THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALPHA — payoff mortgage & scholarships
Largest: $30,003 to CHRIS MCCAULLEY — widow, payoff truck
The Young Men'S Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)Seattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to Nexus Youth & Families — payoff of bank loans.
Purchase Housing Corporation IiPurchase, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $750,000 · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION HOUSING CORPORATION I — grant to hci - for debt service payoff
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $292,000 · through 2024Largest: $292,000 to Crown of Life Lutheran Church - Michigan — for the church extension fund payoff balance
Largest: $230,000 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART — mortgage payoff campaign and general operating support
Largest: $600,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC — mortgage payoff
Largest: $460,000 to CHILDREN'S CENTER — mortgage payoff
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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 →