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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.
8 funders with a record of paying for “combustion”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to THE COMBUSTIBLE COMPANY — enable exempt purpose
For Inspiration and Recognition ofManchester, NHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $4,300 to Parent Booster USA Inc dba Combustible Lemons Robotics Parent — program support
Largest: $250,000 to NEXT STREET FINANCIAL LLC — project support grant for a supply chain mapping analysis and ecosystem diagnostic to develop a comprehensive understanding of michigan's automotive supply chain, identify transiti…
Environmental Research & EducationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $24,188 · through 2021Largest: $24,188 to UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT — research grant-pfas behavior sw combustion
Maine Cancer FoundationFalmouth, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $80,000 · through 2023Largest: $80,000 to New Mainers Public Health Initiative — combustible cigarettes and hookah smoking intervention project in lewiston-auburn
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — to support collection and testing of soils and water affected by the east palestine train derailment to determine the extent of contamination by spilled chemicals and their combust…
Michigan Manufacturing and TechnologyBenton Harbor, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to COMBUSTION RESEARCH — general funding
Largest: $1,000 to THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — formula sae infastructure internal combustion
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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 →