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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 “sarah”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to AHMED SARAH — fellowship stipend
Largest: $47,691 to University of Houston — scholarships for olufunmilayo awolowo (5,500), rahwoa besher (2,500), sarah bereket (5,859), saul alfaro (5,000), talia milan (20,500), ximena cardoza (2,500), xuan-hoai pham (2,50…
Largest: $85,000 to SARAH BRAKEBILL-HACKE — educational scholarship
Largest: $703,000 to THE SARAH AND DANIEL RUEVEN FOUNDATION INC — general charitable purposes
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
14 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to Sarah Michelson — macarthur foundation fellow award - choreographer
Largest: $46,029 to SARAH VANDEN-HEUVEL — educational scholarship
Largest: $38,116 to SARAH PROSSER — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2023Largest: $26,000 to Sarahs Inn — general operating support. in support of the general operations of sarah's inn to prevent and end the experience of gender-based violence.
Largest: $31,000 to SARAH PERALTA - MARYLAND U OF BALTI — 78841 health policy research scholars cohort five- 2021
Largest: $40,000 to SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE — fund for sarah lawrence
Largest: $1.5M to SARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION — to grow the impact of sarah heinz house (shh) through outreach at area schools, both in-person and virtual, expanded free steam programs, establishing a licensed early learning chi…
Largest: $25,000 to SARAH M PROULX — proulx, sarah (toronto, u. of) "responsibilities to our ancestors: reconciling colonial legacies and anishinaabe reclamation in shebahonaning"
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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 →