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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 “fiber”
Where the money went
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $984,215 to Tanbark Molded Fiber Products — hybrid molded fiber clamshell pilot project, tanbark medical materials market, debt financing to purchase equipment to increase capacity by 200%
FibershedSan Geronimo, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $207,092 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Seed2Shirt — fiber systems & sustainability
Largest: $499,400 to DANA-FIBER CANCER INSTITUTE — medical research
Largest: $128,000 to Textile Center of Minnesota — for mcknight artist fellowships for midcareer fiber artists in minnesota
Largest: $400,000 to BERKELEY LAB FOUNDATION — in support of research to develop a breakthrough ultrafast fiber laser technology that will lead to the first kilowatt class laser-plasma accelerator.
Largest: $132,000 to DR PHILIP KURIAN — educational grant under irc 4945(g)(3)researching reissner's fiber, preformed by the principal investigator and founding director, quantum biology laboratory, howard university, 24…
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — regenerative and wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area…
Center for the Advancement ofMerritt Island, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $202,163 · through 2023Largest: $86,548 to THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — leverages the extreme environment of space to test the performance of five proprietary carbon fiber materials, including forged and 3d-pronted carbon fiber composites, developed by…
Impact CharitableDenver, COCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $105,625 · through 2024Largest: $35,625 to SOFT ROWS — equitable and regenerative domestic fiber and textile industry
Largest: $12,500 to SCWEINFURTH MEMORIAL ART CENTER — fiber art education
Largest: $100,000 to Balanced Inc — to support fiber campaign and institutional outreach
Climate BreakthroughBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to NC STATE NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC — to support research assessing the sustainability and carbon footprint of conventional fibers.
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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 →