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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “emplyment”

Where the money went

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International Sustainable Energy Foundat → Rocky Mountain Institute: $173K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hawthorn Foundation → Sheila Harris: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024International Sustainable Energy Foundat → Carnegie Mellon University: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023International Sustainable Energy Foundat: $212K on this topic. Open the funder.International Sustainable Ene…$212KHawthorn Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Hawthorn Foundation$3KRocky Mountain Institute: received $173K on this topicRocky Mountain Institute$173KCarnegie Mellon University: received $40K on this topicCarnegie Mellon University$40KSheila Harris: received $3K on this topicSheila Harris$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →