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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 “dust”
Where the money went
Largest: $211,185 to VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND — afctg20-104 exploration of temporal changes in respirable coal mine dust characteristics
Glenn O and Thelma M Hawbakerfamily FoundationWarriors Mark, PA
3 matching grants · $5,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to Pixie Dust Wishes — child welfare
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to CLUB DUST INC — for general support
Largest: $327,103 to UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — 81767 combatting misinformation and improving decisionmaking toward environmental health justice, centering regions experiencing airborne coal dust
Largest: $230,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to elucidate the dynamics of inertial particles in turbulent flows that generate mesoscopic electric fields, crucial for understanding electrification mechanisms in volcanic plumes…
Largest: $50,000 to BEAUTY OUT OF DUST — general support of charity
Largest: $32,000 to Asmbly Makerspace Inc — dust collection upgrade
Largest: $25,000 to Full Frame Foundation — for filming of dust
Largest: $25,000 to BARNES FOUNDATION — red metal dust by sky hopinka
Largest: $35,000 to OREGON COAST ARTISAN TRADE EDUCATION COLLECTIVE — purchase and install dust collection and ventilation systems
Largest: $1,000 to WE ARE FROM DUST — general operating funds
Largest: $21,000 to THOMAS JAMISON SNYDER — snyder, thomas (california, davis, u. of) "after the dust has settled: a bioarchaeology of climate change and recovery in south-central, peru"
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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 →