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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 “landfill”
Where the money went
Environmental Research & EducationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $394,242 · through 2024Largest: $18,543 to COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY — research grant - emissions from landfill gas
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $695,103 to Post-Landfill Action Network — for general support and designated distribution
Largest: $25,000 to FEEDING AMERICA — prevention of food going into landfills to avoid toxic by-products
Largest: $5,000 to SOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDEN — south coast botanic garden is 87 acres developed over a landfill. financial support for the organization's mission to continue to restore the landfill and connect all to the wonder…
Mattress Recycling CouncilAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $27,266 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Highway 59 Landfill — portable loading dock
Resources Legacy FundSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $222,000 · through 2024Largest: $111,000 to STUDENT-LED SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES INC DBA POST LANDFILL ACTION NETWORK — land or marine conservation, climate change, and/or environmental equity and justice
Largest: $50,000 to WOODLAND PARK ZOO — saving wildlife, conserving habitat, and keeping garbage out of landfills through composting
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $26,500 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to TURNIP GREEN CREATIVE REUSE — tgcr diverts valuable materials from nashvilles landfill and connects them with community members through our creative outreach programs, connecting with children, youth and adult …
Largest: $25,000 to GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC — in jefferson county, the largest county in alabama, approximately 13,171,460 pounds of food goes to waste every year. through its feedbhm initiative, grace klein commissions commun…
Rachel'S NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to POST LANDFILL ACTION NETWORK — catalyst award
Largest: $4,000 to WASTELESS SOLUTIONS — diverting food from landfills to feed those in need
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Opolis Optics LLC — for the stokedplastic collection, opolis founder james merrill worked with the manufacturing and research labs at the university of southern maine to develop a patent-pending blend…
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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 →