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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 “aluminum”
Where the money went
The Recycling PartnershipWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $925,900 · through 2024Largest: $297,600 to SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY OF BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA INC DBA BALDWIN — regional mrf equipment grant to improve sortation of polypropylene, pet, and aluminum material
Largest: $250,000 to THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP — general membership and the aluminum recycling initiative
Largest: $25,000 to EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC — to support thereliance steel &aluminum coemployee relieffund.
Climate Imperative FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2021Largest: $850,000 to BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — to revitalize, decarbonize, and clean up the domestic aluminum industry
Ira R Wood and Frances Wood Charitable TrustPittsburgh, PA
3 matching grants · $30,500 · through 2025Largest: $11,500 to ALLEGHENY KISKI VALLEY HISTORICAL — aluminum exhibit room roof
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $500,000 · through 2023Largest: $400,000 to TRIVIUM ALUMINUM PACKAGING USA CORPORATION — economic development
Largest: $100,000 to THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP — general membership support and aluminum can capture grants
Largest: $30,000 to PANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER — for 2 aluminum rolling cages (each $3000) and food and veterinary care for the wildlife
Michigan Manufacturing and TechnologyBenton Harbor, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ALUMINUM SUPPLY COMPONENTS — general funding
Harper County Community FoundationAnthony, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,104 · through 2023Largest: $10,306 to ATTICA SADDLE CLUB — aluminum bleachers
Largest: $7,500 to ALUMINUM CANS FOR BURN CHILDREN — charitable donation
Largest: $4,390 to CHIPPEWA FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT — sds mk 4 swerve drive modules, ctre cancoders, motor adaptors, aluminum frame elements and connectors
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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 →