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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 “fabrication”
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 grow the center for loving kindness platform that strengthens the fabric of community and redefines the concept of neighbor from geographic term to moral concept
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 →