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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 “glass”
Where the money went
Largest: $418,697 to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — cracking the glass problem
Largest: $32,149 to KENYA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND — based on lessons learnt on rehabilitative services, ksb is expanding its partnership with oself on the need for refractive error program on eye care as a strategy to improve its qu…
Painters and Allied Trades Labor-Hanover, MDCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $33,200 to ARCHITECTURAL GLASS INSTITUTE FUND — glass symposium event
Largest: $100,000 to MUSEUM OF GLASS — operating support - red hot
Largest: $80,000 to PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC — capital support
Largest: $150,000 to VISION TO LEARN — to help students in greater pittsburgh succeed in school and in life by using a mobile vision clinic to bring free eye exams and prescription glasses directly to elementary student…
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $73,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL — to provide general support
New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $127,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — site drainage upgrades and foundation repairs stained glass restoration
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to LIBBEY GLASS LLC — economic development
Toledo Community FoundationToledo, OHCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $276,229 · through 2024Largest: $68,070 to METROPARKS TOLEDO FOUNDATION — lucy killam memorial fund, windows on wildlife, annual distribution, annual support, general support, general operating, glass city metropark picnic shelter , 2022 annual fund, 202…
Largest: $15,000 to PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL — unrestricted donation
Largest: $20,000 to GLASS ART KALAMAZOO INC — capital campaign feasibility study
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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 →