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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 “apparel”
Where the money went
Largest: $850,000 to TIDES FOUNDATION — project support: clean clothes campaign: economic and gender justice in the global apparel supply chain: a workerdriven solution
Levi Strauss FoundationSan Francisco, CA
6 matching grants · $710,000 · through 2023Largest: $175,000 to VISIONSPRING — to scale a factory-based vision program that improves apparel workers eyesight in vietnam and bangladesh as part of the worker well-being initiative.
Largest: $2.0M to APPAREL IMPACT INSTITUTE — advancing sustainable materials
Illinois Manufacturers' AssociationSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $291,839 · through 2024Largest: $128,046 to APPAREL REDEFINED — cover cost to deliver a structured training program(s) to upgrade the skills of their full-time employees
Cfda FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $319,190 · through 2024Largest: $179,315 to GLORY APPAREL — business development - fashion manufacturing initiative
Largest: $1.3M to Apparel Impact Institute — contribution provided
Pennsylvania Cdfi NetworkPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $44,200 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to NORTH STAR CUSTOM APPAREL INC — covid relief grant
Largest: $100,000 to GOODWILL SOUTH FLORIDA — ryder apparel manufacturing program
Tisbest PhilanthropySeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to OPEN APPAREL REGISTRY — see tisbest mission
Largest: $725,000 to WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM — to launch a global campaign to educate the public on issues of workers rights in the apparel industry and to develop initiatives that lead to social protections for marginalized wo…
Largest: $300,000 to APPAREL IMPACT INSTITUTE — in support of a series of convenings to design, debate and launch innovative financial solutions to decarbonize industry.
Alloy Development CoCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to BLUE ZONE APPAREL — financial assistance
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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 →