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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 “freeze”
Where the money went
Revive & RestoreSausalito, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2023Largest: $935,650 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — grant for scientific research: coral isochoric freezing project
Largest: $50,000 to LIFEHUB INC — winter freeze shelter
Largest: $100,000 to SOLAR FREEZE LIMITED — support in deploying solar-powered cold storages to smallholder horticulture farmers in makueni, kenya.
Largest: $50,000 to SOLAR FREEZE — general operating
Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $132,326 · through 2024Largest: $22,326 to MS J & COMPANY INC — freezing sheep milk on farm to increase quality, longevity and efficiency for national marketing
Givinga FoundationWellesley, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $25,900 · through 2024Largest: $9,600 to FREEZING FUN FOR FAMILIES INC — program support
Largest: $5,000 to FREEZING FUN FOR FAMILIES — family support
Food Export Association of the Midwest USAChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,564 · through 2024Largest: $9,877 to CRYSTAL FREEZE DRY LLC — map atp program
Largest: $2,500 to FREEZE OLIVIA — ists scholarship
Largest: $5,000 to WINDHAM REGION NO FREEZE PROJECT INC — to support the diversion program
Largest: $35,000 to NATALIE LAMPERT — to support the research and writing of the big freeze: a reporters journey into the quest to control fertility, to be published by penguin random house in 2024
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,300 · through 2024Largest: $20,300 to DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT — support for federal funding research , to support increased advocacy efforts related to federal policy issues and funding freezes. , ceo - board leadership program
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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 →