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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 “fabric”
Where the money went
Largest: $918,048 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — to support scientific research by dr. judy cha, including development of in situ probes for monitoring materials growth by chemical vapor deposition and of scalable fabrication pro…
Largest: $1.6M to LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK INC — to fabricate, install, and commission the muscat4 imager on the faulkes south telescope
Largest: $100,000 to YOUNG MEN & WOMENS HEBREW ASSN & IRENE KAUFMANN CENTERS — to support the young men & women's hebrew assn. & irene kauffmann centers center for loving kindness platform that strengthens the fabric of community and redefines the concept of …
California Association for Research inKamuela, HICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2023Largest: $489,792 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — sub-award under the heising-simons foundation funded prime award development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb; subaward for kcwi mechanical cooling retrofit; award for the…
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $259,992 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to NCF CIM FABRICATORS LLC — economic development
Largest: $514,712 to The Aspen Institute Inc — to bring weave: the social fabric project to northwest arkansas.
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $274,307 · through 2024Largest: $140,018 to LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT — legacy grant for the wakan tipi center exhibit fabrication
Largest: $15,000 to UNIQUE FABRICS NONPROFIT — grants are to be used in accordance with the established purpose of the recipient organization.
Largest: $90,000 to Latinas Welding Guild — support for a fabrication program to allow women and transgender and nonbinary people to develop welding and related skills so that they can start their own custom fabrication smal…
Largest: $1.8M to THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — the quantum materials devices fabrication lab
Wisconsin Center for ManufacturingMadison, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $937,837 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - STOUT DISCOVERY CENTER — subrecipient of wedc grant for work with k-12 schools on fabrication labs.
Painters and Allied Trades Labor-Hanover, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $824,381 to ARCHITECTURAL GLASS AND METAL CERTIFICATION COUNCIL — 2021 agmcc marking grant, test rig fabrication and operational support, 2022 agmcc marking grant
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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 →