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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 “southwestern”
Where the money went
Southwestern Medical FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
161 matching grants · $160.6M · through 2024Largest: $34.1M to UT SOUTHWESTERN — to support research, centers, endowed chairs, professorships and other programs at ut southwestern
Largest: $150,000 to THE MANCHESTER CITIZENS CORPORATION — to support the incubation and startup of an equitable mobility research, planning and advocacy collaborative for southwestern pennsylvania
Largest: $200,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC — abandoned and orphaned oil and gas well research in southwestern pennsylvania
Largest: $50,000 to UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — to support a fund to provide increased access to summer programming for young people in southwestern pennsylvania
Largest: $831,164 to SOUTHWESTERN CHILD DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC — this grant will support southwestern child development commission in continued design and operation of an apprenticeship nc program focused on early childhood educators.
Largest: $125,000 to SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH — to equip municipal government, businesses, and non-governmental organizations in southwestern pennsylvania with sustainability frameworks and access to resources, and convene susta…
Largest: $160,000 to UT Southwestern Health Systems — melanoma research/hepatobiliary cancers
Largest: $358,175 to UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA — general donation
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $11.7M · through 2024Largest: $3.0M to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS — this grant is designated for basic research in molecular cardiology, the distinguished chair in ophthalmology and general support.
Georgia Southwestern FoundationincAmericus, GACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $18.2M · through 2024Largest: $4.4M to GA SOUTHWESTERN ST UNIV — university support
Largest: $40,000 to FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — to provide educational scholarships for the spouses and children of fallen and disabled service members in southwestern pennsylvania
Largest: $250,000 to Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board — prenatal to grade 3 project
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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 →