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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 “commercialization”
Where the money went
National Collegiate Investors &Hadley, MACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $88,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — grants awarded to us-based faculty or student teams for global project explorations to enhance professional development and knowledge base within the field of biomedical design and…
Sior FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $480,186 · through 2024Largest: $12,460 to SIOR CONNECTICUT CHAPTER — to support five students studying at an accredited university in real estate related degrees; to support commercial real estate educational programming that included speakers from …
Largest: $1.1M to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — to support further research and policy development on surprise medical billing, analysis on the relationship between private equity and commercial health care prices, and the devel…
Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of CommerceMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $521,222 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to ROOTED MKE LLC — technology upgrade, business consultation, equipment, renovation, professional services, current payroll, commercial space rent, commercial space utilities, subscriptions, membersh…
NextcorpsRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $775,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to REVOPS RANGERS INC — assist start-up with funding after proof-of-concept stage has been achieved in order to reach commercial success in recognized innovation zones
Largest: $281,667 to VIRGINIA COMMWLTH U — 79456 eliminating systemic racism in commercial-tobacco-control research
Largest: $50,000 to Partnership In Property Commercial Land Trust — for general operating support to preserve and develop long-term affordable commercial spaces through community driven ownership of land
Largest: $225,000 to Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance — to support work educating commercial fishermen about the importance of catch shares and science-based climate-resilient fisheries and to develop a program to educate and train the …
Largest: $750,000 to LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — to advance equitable development in charlottes historic west end by continuing support for the operations of the charlotte branch of local initiatives support corp., and to support…
Largest: $7,189 to NATIONAL CAOTUN COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL VOCATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL — the establishment of skills development courses.
United States Endowment for ForestryGreenville, SCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $455,667 to CLEMSON UNIVERSITY — p3 nano research to commercialization; mass timber
Largest: $384,000 to Bailit Health Purchasing LLC — technical assistance for design and implementation of state strategies to increase affordability in commercial markets, phase 2
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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 →