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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 “emission”
Where the money went
Largest: $499,264 to PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — to conduct a field study that will quantify greenhouse gas emissions and ammonia from the wastewater and agricultural waste systems
World Resources InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $376,636 to ALLOTROPE PARTNERS LLC — protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
Largest: $600,000 to ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FUND — to support transportation research and public education activities
Colorado Association of Transit AgenciesDenver, COCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to MOUNTAIN METRO TRANSIT — casta grant through colo. energy office program to reduce ozone emissions and rebuild transit ridership following the covid-19 pandemic.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
21 matching grants · $16.8M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated — to cut methane emissions and reduce harmful climate and environmental impacts resulting from oil and natural gas production
Largest: $250,000 to WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — for promoting zero-emission mobility through low-emission areas pilot projects
Largest: $100,000 to Environmental Working Group — to launch a campaign to educate midwest leaders about nitrous oxide emissions and to build awareness of the threat posed by nitrous oxide emissions
Climateworks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $31.9M · through 2024Largest: $650,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY — to expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($350,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($200,000); to protect and support the potent…
Environmental Research & EducationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $514,440 · through 2024Largest: $120,000 to ENGINEERED COMPOST SYSTEMS — research grant-compost facility air emissions
Metropolitan Energy CenterKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2024Largest: $103,838 to Water One — recipient of funds to defray costs of electric-powered work vehicles for zero-emission operations. enhance public good by reducing greenhouses gases and other emissions related to …
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2022Largest: $167,410 to HARAMBEE HOUSE INC — support the "zero-emmissions now: frontline solutions to address the climate crisis" project of the college focused on protecting public health by strengthening the grassroots-led …
Largest: $899,969 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — in support of the construction of the hydrogen epoch of reionization array (hera) radio observatory, to enable studies of the early universe by observations of highly redshifted 21…
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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 →