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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 “bottle”
Where the money went
Delta Dental of Iowa FoundationJohnston, IACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $124,159 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to LOUISA COUNTY CONSERVATION — eden park water bottle filling station
Wags and Menace Make a Difference FoundationWilmington, DE
11 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2025Largest: $2,000 to BABY RHINO RESCUE — to support medical care and milk bottle supplemental feedings
Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $527,462 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to FARM STAPELS — glass bottled milk
Illinois Manufacturers' AssociationSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $250,225 · through 2024Largest: $86,469 to GREAT LAKES COCA-COLA BOTTLING RCCB NILES — cover cost to deliver a structured training program(s) to upgrade the skills of their full-time employees
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $197,667 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Opolis Optics LLC — for the stokedplastic collection, opolis founder james merrill worked with the manufacturing and research labs at the university of southern maine to develop a patent-pending blend…
Largest: $149,800 to green bird — project on collecting bottle tops and developing up-cycled products
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $582,000 · through 2024Largest: $267,000 to BOTTLE BABIES RESCUE — environmental
Largest: $6,000 to ITSIE BITSIE RESCUE INC — food for rescue puppies and kittens (formula, bottles, kitten/puppy food)
Pennsylvania Rural Arts AllianceIndiana, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $21,189 · through 2023Largest: $5,961 to BOTTLE WORKS-ETHNIC ARTS CENTER — promote the rural arts
Woman'S Missionary Union Auxiliary To Southern Baptist ConventionBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $38,000 · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH JACKSON — bottled water for disaster relief
Charlottesville Area CommunityCharlottesville, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $866,168 · through 2023Largest: $732,103 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — proceeds from bottle sales for tree campaign, the tree campaign and the sandalwood restoration project
Largest: $5,000 to ITTY BITTY BOTTLE BABIES — qualifying donation
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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 →