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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.

1 funder with a record of paying for “leachate”

Where the money went

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Environmental Research & Education → University of North Carolina at Charlotte: $179K across 2 grants, latest 2024Environmental Research & Education → Geosyntec Consultants: $59K across 2 grants, latest 2022Environmental Research & Education → University of South Carolina: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2021Environmental Research & Education → Florida Polytechnic University: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024Environmental Research & Education → Florida State University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021Environmental Research & Education → Clarkson University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Environmental Research & Education: $316K on this topic. Open the funder.Environmental Research & Educ…$316KUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte: received $179K on this topicUniversity of North Carolina at…$179KGeosyntec Consultants: received $59K on this topicGeosyntec Consultants$59KUniversity of South Carolina: received $32K on this topicUniversity of South Carolina$32KFlorida Polytechnic University: received $16K on this topicFlorida Polytechnic University$16KFlorida State University: received $15K on this topicFlorida State University$15KClarkson University: received $15K on this topicClarkson University$15K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →