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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 “extreme”
Where the money went
Largest: $636,202 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics of compact sources
Largest: $71,250 to ACTION FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY (ACE) — deliver and analyze a national social media campaign connecting extreme weather events and fossil fuel pollution, including data collection about how info is received in the wake o…
Largest: $200,000 to (294) TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — climate: to support research on extreme heat impacts and interventions in chelsea and east boston
House Everyone StlSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $199,833 · through 2024Largest: $39,000 to CENTENARY UMC KALEIDOSCOPE — extreme weather relief
Largest: $71,440 to EXTREME KIDS & CREW INC — celebration grant
Largest: $1.5M to THE ONE CAMPAIGN — in general support of its mission to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in africa, by raising public awareness and educating policy makers about the import…
Largest: $194,625 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — to develop and use novel emulators to simulate extreme weather events in past climates
Largest: $669,554 to UNIVERSITY OF EXETER — uncovering new genetic mechanisms underlying extreme early-onset type 1 diabetes
Largest: $200,000 to NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — to support the grantee's research on gender-based extremism, authoritarian leanings, and how ai exacerbates current trends
Association of Universities for ResearchWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $11.4M · through 2023Largest: $5.1M to GMTO CORPORATION INC — scientific research and development for the us extremely large telescope program
Largest: $20,000 to Camp Extreme-Project Extreme — scholarships for at-risk teens to attend project extreme programs
Largest: $75,000 to CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH — support to expand and enhance the movement to abolish extreme sentencing for youth
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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 →