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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 “circularity”
Where the money went
Largest: $5.0M to International Union for Conservation of Nature and — islandplas: advancing circular solutions to plastic pollution in african islands
Largest: $407,788 to INCOMMON NON-PROFIT CIVIL COMPANY — kyklos 2.0 - urban sustainability and circularity lab
Neighborhood ProgressCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $478,607 · through 2024Largest: $206,836 to OLD BROOKLYN COMMUNITY — neighbor to neighbor community engagement, circular cleveland
Largest: $130,000 to Cornell University — to build the circular bionutrient economy to enhance systems health in africa's lake victoria basin
Largest: $127,500 to PITTSBURGH CONSERVATION CORPS — to match and leverage federal funding to create meaningful employment for people facing the greatest disparities to build strong futures through environmental work and creation of …
Largest: $100,000 to WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT — circular transition indicators (cti) fashion initiative
Largest: $120,000 to SHANGHAI ECOCYCLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY RESEARCH CENTER — for supporting circular economy research
Largest: $195,000 to IGEM FOUNDATION INC — igem circular bioeconomy
Ocean ConservancyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $289,120 · through 2022Largest: $184,882 to University of Georgia — urban ocean circularity assessment protocol working group
United States Hispanic Chamber ofWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $625,068 · through 2024Largest: $250,068 to CIRCULAR BOARD DBA HELLO ALICE — sba navigator program
Largest: $269,824 to CLEVELAND NEIGHBD PROGRESS — 78021 localizing the circular economy in cleveland to advance health, equity, climate resilience, environmental justice, and poverty reduction
Endowment of Circular Congregational ChurchCharleston, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $115,647 · through 2024Largest: $83,529 to Circular Congreg Church — grants for church missions
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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 →