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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.
9 funders with a record of paying for “derelict”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHWEST STRAITS — derelict gear removal and general support
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $215,585 · through 2022Largest: $160,117 to PACIFIC COASTAL RESEARCH & PLANNING — derelict fishing gear removal
Largest: $50,000 to VEGGIELUTION — veggielution will plan, develop, program and operate a new public space for the sofa neighborhood by transforming a derelict lot. from this work, veggielution will create a templat…
Ocean ConservancyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $44,110 · through 2022Largest: $22,055 to Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation — derelict fishing gear and large debris removal
Rochester Area Community FoundationRochester, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $56,000 · through 2022Largest: $56,000 to CITY ROOTS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — transforming derelict properties
Largest: $10,000 to OCEANSWIDE INC — to support the operational costs of the traps 2 treasure program designed to remove derelict traps from maine's watershed including the gulf of maine
Davis Conservation FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to Maine Island Trail Association — partnering with fishermen to clean derelict gear from maine islands
Largest: $5,000 to OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE — with employed satellite tracking, locate and recover some of the largest and most destructive of all plastic pollution-enormous "ghost nets," derelict fishing gear, that drifts bel…
Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City, OK
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to KIWANIS SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FUND — dismantle derelict building adjacent to harbison early childhood center ($50,000)
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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 →