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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 “greener”
Where the money went
Keep Louisiana BeautifulMandeville, LACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $116,476 · through 2023Largest: $22,732 to TOWN OF ARCADIA — beautification grant; greener ground grant; trash receptacle grant
Largest: $125,000 to CITY PARKS ALLIANCE INC — 2021 greater & greener conference
Largest: $650,000 to ULI FOUNDATION — driving innovation and partnerships to create greener, more resilient, and more equitable communities
Largest: $8,020 to GREENER DAYS AHEAD RESCUE — matching gifts
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $375,000 to A Greener World — food security
Largest: $25,000 to GREENER PARTNERS — healthy schools project
Largest: $100,000 to CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY - CHICAGO BOTANIC GA — the grass can be greener: exploring lawn alternatives for biodiversity support, climate change resilience, and infrastructure
Largest: $100,000 to A GREENER WORLD — working towards a resilient and equitable food system
Largest: $5,700 to GREENER PARTNERS — for general support
Largest: $30,000 to GREENER PARTNERS — norristown healthy schools project
Largest: $40,000 to GREENER PARNERS — entity support
Largest: $2.0M to HOPEWELL FUND — in support of a national tax infrastructure project to align state and federal organizations around a tax and revenue strategy that benefits low-wage workers and supports a transit…
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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 →