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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 “disposal”
Where the money went
Environmental Research & EducationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $477,835 · through 2024Largest: $235,793 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY — research grant-pfas disposal in special wastes
Largest: $26,274 to CHILDRENS SPEECH AND HEARING LOSS FOUNDATION — disposables for hearing aids
Elbaz Family FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
4 matching grants · $170,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to UPSTREAM — to reduce the amount of disposable plastic pollution.
Largest: $11,183 to FAITH KITCHEN INC — funding to purchase disposable utensils, paper cups, plates, etc., for their kitchen.
Largest: $6,667 to SADS FOUNDATION — provides info& assistance to families of children &young adults pre disposed to sudden death from cardiac arrhythmias
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,500 · through 2023Largest: $25,500 to BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION PADUCAH INC — $25,500.00 for any item on the grant list - tecotherm neo with disposable starter kit and mount kit for stryker forward facing, tecotherm reusable cleaning loop, chlorine dioxide t…
Largest: $169,597 to We-Recycle — project extension (phase ii): collection programme in black river, plaines wilhems and savanne, and waste disposal awareness and recycling
Southwest Idaho Resource ConservationMeridian, IDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $127,772 · through 2024Largest: $102,781 to TORCH FIRE AND SECURITY LLC — bureau of land management - fuels reduction projects will be to lessen the risk/effects of wildfire in the wildland urban interface - clearing and disposing of vegetation, applicat…
The Propeller Club of the United StatesNorfolk, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to VESSEL DISPOSAL ADN REUDE FOUNDATION — to provide support to local organizations.
Largest: $14,000 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH EL RENO — to help fund the purchase of disposable diapers in various sizes for women and families in need.
D27 FoundationWilmington, DE
2 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to CLEAN WATER FUND — rethink disposable program
Largest: $50,000 to MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION — public herald's investigation into tenorm disposal
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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 →