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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 “robinson”
Where the money went
Largest: $214,584 to University of Maine — scholarships continued - j richards, c ricker, s riese, m robb, a roberts, a roberts, d robinson, g robinson, m robinson, b rogers, j rogers, l roinestad, a rolfe, t rosado-st. pet…
Largest: $105,000 to MAKEDA ROBINSON - STANFORD U — 79443 investigating the immunopathogenesis of severe dengue during natural infection via single-cell approaches -- makeda robinson, md, phd
Largest: $40,350 to NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — toward general operating expenses, excluding salary of edward robinson.
Largest: $2,000 to LINDA ROBINSON — funeral expense assistance
Largest: $12,875 to ROBINSON MARCIA K — room and board
O'Brate FoundationGarden City, KS
8 matching grants · $37,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to DA'VONTAI ROBINSON — scholarship for higher education
Largest: $50,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — holland-robinson family venture forward scholarship fund
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $52,400 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to HAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL — to provide general support.
West Harlem Development CorporationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $113,562 · through 2024Largest: $9,200 to JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION — west harlem development corporation sponsored tours of the jackie robinson museum for youth and senior groups to promote education on civil rights history and the cultural signific…
Largest: $250,000 to CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE — general support (multi-year)
Largest: $5.0M to TOWN OF VIENNA — maud robinson trust sidewalk fund
Largest: $1,500 to SYDNEE ROBINSON — educational scholarship
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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 →