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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 “fueling”
Where the money went
Largest: $420,000 to AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights in africa, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
California Fire Safe CouncilSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $9.1M · through 2022Largest: $694,522 to NAPA COMM FIREWISE FOUNDATION — wildfire protection projects including pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, and fire-protection, mitigation, and education activities.
Largest: $3,000 to Caring for Bethlehem Inc — to provide fuel assistance for bethlehem residents in need through the bethlehem fuel bank, a program of caring for bethlehem.
Largest: $15,000 to TOWN OF ENFIELD FUEL BANK — emergency fuel funding
Largest: $7,000 to WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY TRUST — food fuel assistance
Climate Imperative FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $22.8M · through 2023Largest: $13.3M to SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION FBO SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA — to support research, education, and outreach about transitioning from coal to clean energy, transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy and clean and healthy homes
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $453,779 · through 2024Largest: $9,000 to Fuel & More — for fuel assistance
Largest: $97,307 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — to conduct a research study about potential clean energy career pathways for current fossil fuel workers
Largest: $300,000 to SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — core support for the first world commission on fossil fuel phase out aimed at a global just energy transition and enabling an equitable and managed decline of fossil fuels
Columbia RiverkeeperHood River, ORCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $307,501 · through 2023Largest: $45,501 to BREACH COLLECTIVE — fossil fuel project
Largest: $16,000 to AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE — fueling advocates initiative
Largest: $223,500 to COMMUNITY WEALTH PARTNERS — to enable community wealth partners to serve as the design partner and program manager for the third round of the fueling urban equitable leadership (fuel) 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 →