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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 “hazardous”
Where the money went
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: $277,400 to HAZARD COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLL — funding for general needs of hazard community and technical college
Northeast States Emergency ConsortiumWakefield, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $727,736 · through 2024Largest: $144,624 to University of Rhode Island — tsunami hazard
Largest: $149,331 to UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI — reducing rib failure hazards in underground coal mines by improvement of the coal rib control sy...
Largest: $2,500 to CITY OF PHARR — texas hazardous materials education and training scholarship
Foundation for Appalachian KentuckyHazard, KYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $61,704 · through 2024Largest: $10,500 to City of Hazard — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Fremont Area Community FoundationFremont, MICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $81,150 · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to Mecosta Conservation District — household hazardous waste collection
Largest: $1.0M to NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY HOUSING INC — innovation in partnerships to prevent children's exposures to environmental hazards
Largest: $60,000 to HUBB ORANGE — to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most impacted by lead hazards.
Largest: $200,000 to WEST HARLEM ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION INC — to support west harlem environmental action, inc. to implement a community-driven plan to address the health hazards of extreme heat for low-income, communities of color in norther…
Telford FoundationNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $612,782 · through 2024Largest: $194,923 to HAZARD COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE — to benefit charitable organization's exempt purpose
Largest: $150,000 to INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL SECRETARIAT — to support work on investor initiative on hazardous chemicals, including its goals for expanding chemsec's capacity to support investor engagement with chemical companies
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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 →