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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “autoclave”
Where the money went
Largest: $54,390 to TIP GLOBAL HEALTH — scrub sinks and autoclave for nyamata hospital
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $49,400 · through 2022Largest: $49,400 to Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association — support for the acquisition of equipment for the animal health center, including an autoclave and microcentrifuge, general operating support, support for scholarships to underserve…
Largest: $15,000 to Lynbrook Excellence in Education Foundation — lynbrook excellence in education foundation lynbrook excellence is an irs-approved 501c3 public charity tax id: 45-2453655. over the past 13 years lynbrook excellence has been dedi…
Community Foundation Serving WesternRoanoke, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $24,600 · through 2023Largest: $24,600 to KUUMBA COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER INC DBA NEW HORIZONS HEALTHC — to purchase two portable x-ray units and one sterilizing autoclave machine for the dental clinic per the project budget; general purposes
AnverseCartersville, GA
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2022Largest: $20,000 to LLOYD F MOSS FREE CLINIC — program grant and autoclave replacement
Largest: $6,539 to BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY — autoclave machine in wellness center
Largest: $6,000 to INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY OUTREACH (IVO) — tabletop surgical instrument sterilizer (autoclave)
Largest: $6,500 to SALEM FREE CLINICS — purchase of new autoclave
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $246,270 · through 2022Largest: $246,270 to CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS — ice arena scoreboard project - final, cedar rapids animal care & control - autoclave replacement, annual designated distribution for amphitheatre maintenance, annual designated dis…
Largest: $8,000 to COMMUNITY FREE DENTAL CLINIC — funds will be used to purchase a new autoclave used to sterilize surgical tools and dental equipment.
Largest: $4,000 to TULSA SPCA — autoclave equipment
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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 →