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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 “indoor”
Where the money went
Vermont Energy Investment CorporationWinooski, VTCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $9.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to WHITE RIVER VALLEY SUPERVISORY UNION — indoor air quality
Largest: $216,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO — to provide renewed support to investigate the fundamental chemistry of indoor surfaces
Largest: $75,000 to COLUMBUS AREA CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC — indoor recreation
Largest: $600,000 to CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH — changing corporate behavior to detoxify indoor and outdoor environments
Largest: $200,000 to CINSPEAK — program expansion and build a more permanent indoor cinema space
Largest: $18,000 to SHERIDAN WYO RODEO BOARD — promotion of rodeo & indoor arena for youth acti
Amina Grace Memorial FundPark Ridge, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $234,078 · through 2025Largest: $68,522 to MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY — provides financial support for the amina grace gardens at misercordia. this is a horticulture program that includes an outdoor and indoor vertical hydroponic garden. the program te…
La Clippers FoundationBellevue, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to LOS ANGELES COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION — for indoor and outdoor court improvements
National Center for Healthy HousingColumbia, MDCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to Panhandle Public Health District — improve indoor air quality
Arvest FoundationBentonville, AR
4 matching grants · $40,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Tulsa Zoo Management Inc — to support the oxley family elephant experience and preserve which includes outdoor and indoor spaces, with maximum flexibility for herd management and care during the day and duri…
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — football indoor practice facility fund, capital projects reserve fund, chazen museum of art excellence fund, paul shain graduate scholarship fund in business, odyssey project fund,…
Largest: $25,000 to DURANGO CAFE AU PLAY — to support the organization's free indoor and outdoor playspaces for children.
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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 →

