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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 “capture”
Where the money went
Largest: $349,991 to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — to examine the economic and policy dimensions of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (ccus) technologies and create a network of scholars examining critical ccus research ques…
The Recycling PartnershipWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $750,200 to TOTALRECYCLE INC — mrf recycling research and film and flex sortation and capture improvement grant
United Way of New York CityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2022Largest: $790,673 to ATAPE GROUP LLC — readnyc- readnyc is a comprehensive, aligned, and collective strategy to support children, families, and communities with resources to build and sustain a culture of learning and a…
Common Counsel FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $385,500 · through 2024Largest: $31,000 to HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER INC — black capture award
Largest: $55,000 to Colorado School of Mines — plastic waste to dac: a study of the chemical and lifecycle feasibility of converting polyolefin waste to aminopolymers for direct air capture
Advocacy Action FundMenlo Park, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE — to support work that identifies waste, fraud, and abuse in carbon capture and sequestration
Largest: $8.0M to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY — innovative genomics institute research to enhance the natural ability of plants and soil microbes to capture and store carbon
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $500,559 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to PragmaClin Research US Inc — pragmaclin has developed prims, a digital tool for assessing, analyzing and rating parkinson's disease progression. prims uses depth cameras to capture movement data and surveys to…
The Scan FoundationLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $445,407 · through 2024Largest: $319,607 to NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER — the primary goal of this project is to expedite policy principles that allow middleincome older adults to age well in home and community. in support of that goal, the project will …
Breakthrough Energy FoundationKirkland, WACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to MANTEL CAPTURE INC — be fellowship r&d grant
Largest: $20,000 to AcademyHealth — 75505 studying rwjf grants to capture the health p
Largest: $350,000 to MIAMI NEW DRAMA — to explore and implement technology in the development of new works that create live, digital, and new forms of theater that celebrate, capture, preserve and share the human experi…
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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 →