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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 “machines”
Where the money went
Mission Pre-BornIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2022Largest: $194,148 to Heartbeat of Miami — operation equip machine & training
Largest: $340,703 to UC SANTA CRUZ — accelerating oceanographic research with spectroscopy and machine learning
Largest: $3.8M to INATURALIST — to enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in machine le…
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $153,585 to CALIBER MOLD AND MACHINE INC — economic development
Largest: $1.0M to AMERICAN RED CROSS — to support new initiatives in machine learning, data science, and data cultures to advance lifesaving biomedical service distribution and disaster response across the us
Largest: $259,579 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — to investigate how humans and machines collaborate on making decisions
Largest: $9.2M to FUTURE HOUSE INC — support for scientific institute focused on accelerating biological research through machine learning
Largest: $880,758 to THE ELEUTHERAI INSTITUTE — machine learning research
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $15,500 to Big Papou's Kitchen — forming & panning machine will be capable of producing 23,040 patties per hour. based on machine that big papou's kitchen now uses to produce 2,000 patties per hour. machine capabl…
Colorado Knights of Columbus CharitiesColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $360,680 · through 2023Largest: $44,750 to MARISOL HEALTH INC — provide ultrasound machines for pregnancy centers
Largest: $2,212 to EDGEWOOD CHILDRENS RANCH INC — grant to support the edgewood children's ranch programs (includes a $2,140.00 giving machine matching donation and $72.23 related to giving machine program transaction fees)
Advanced Robotics for ManufacturingPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $988,515 to HENDERSON SEWING MACHINE CO INC — research subawards
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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 →