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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 “gear”
Where the money went
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2023Largest: $366,602 to BLUE OCEAN GEAR LLC — new england gear tracking protects whales
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $197,180 · through 2024Largest: $26,000 to SIOUX RAPIDS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC — grant distribution: turnout gear
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $549,450 · through 2024Largest: $26,250 to Viable Gear — viable gear is a mission driven company reducing petroleum based plastics in the aquaculture and fishing industry by producing gear from seaweed-based bioplastics. driving demand f…
Emergency Medicine FoundationIrving, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $334,112 · through 2024Largest: $94,401 to WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL MEDICINE — emergency medicine foundation/national institute on aging/west health institute gear - geriatric emergency care applied research network 2.0 advancing dementia care
Consortium for Educ ExcellenceEssex, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $385,329 · through 2024Largest: $70,068 to BEEKMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT — gear up program implementation
Largest: $40,200 to Gretna Rescue Squad Inc — eight (8) sets turnout gear; a rapid intervention team (rit) airpack
Largest: $400,000 to STEM Next Opportunity Fund — to support a fellowship geared toward advancing high-quality informal science education, including in afterschool and expanded learning programs.
The Community Foundation of theDanville, VACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $97,966 · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to BLAIRS FIRE & RESCUE — to purchase firefighting turnout gear for six new members
Largest: $20,500 to CELESTINE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — 2022 firefighter turnout gear
Largest: $8,000 to Newbern Volunteer Fire Department — grant will be used to purchase new personal protective gear for their firefighters. each set of structural gear costs about $2,750. this gear has a duty cycle of 10 years or less a…
Largest: $97,726 to College of the Atlantic — this project will research, design, build, and trial viable alternatives to plastic grow-out gear used in oyster aquaculture.
Ocean ConservancyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $193,010 · through 2024Largest: $46,200 to GULF OF MAINE LOBSTER FOUNDATION — ghost gear removal
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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 →