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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 “scholoarship”
Where the money went
Largest: $22,305 to SAINT IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY — sugrue family scholoarship
Sigma Chi FoundationEvanston, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to University of Washington — scholoarship establishement
Faculty Student Association of the StateStony Brook, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF FINACIAL AID & SCHOLOARSHIP — scholarships & fellowships to students who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship abilities and require financial support.
Largest: $5,000 to CROSBY SCHOLOARSHIP COMM — support need children
Largest: $6,000 to WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT — provide scholoarships for wounded ve
Largest: $11,760 to Make-A-Wish Oklahoma — trip scholoarships for terminally ill patients
Largest: $2,000 to DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — to support scholoarships in the desert communities
Largest: $30,000 to WAYNE AND KIT DANLEY SCHOLOARSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES — scholarshipsscholarships
Shared Hope InternationalVancouver, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2021Largest: $100,000 to THE GENESIS PROJECT — salaries/just scholoarships
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION — funding of the earl w. stafford endowed scholoarship
Largest: $49,250 to ACE SCHOLARSHIPS — educational scholoarships
Largest: $5,000 to LA SALLE INSTITUTE — kevin king memorial scholoarship
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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 →