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12 funders with a record of paying for “manufacturing”
Where the money went
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $7.3M · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to Tissue Plus LLC — due to the worldwide shortage in parent rolls of tissue and towel, it has become increasingly difficult to procure consistent or reasonably priced supplies of paper used to make fi…
Pa Irc Network FoundationWilliamsport, PACharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $23.8M · through 2024Largest: $704,128 to MANUFACTURERS RESOURCE CENTER — manufacturing extension partership, scoin
JobsohioColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $46.0M · through 2024Largest: $32.0M to HONDA DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA LLC — economic development
Cfda FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $98,560 to HEARTLAND MANUFACTURING — business development - fashion manufacturing initiative
Largest: $368,000 to THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — to pilot a micro-credential initiative in 21st century skills, hybrid additive manufacturing, and manufacturing robotics
Great Lakes Bay Manufacturers'University Center, MICharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $685,471 · through 2024Largest: $23,231 to Ithaca Manufacturing — manufacturer support
Largest: $950,000 to Jamestown Community College Foundation — wny advanced manufacturing & tech coalition: advanced manufacturing technician training
Largest: $100,000 to WHITLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — manufacturing your future scholarshi
Largest: $160,000 to WEST VIRGINIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FUND INC — to strengthen west virginias manufacturing career pipeline, through advancing manufacturing education and engaging industry professionals in high-level programming
Largest: $25,000 to PITTSBURGH CHAPTER NATIONAL TOOLING & MACHINING FOUNDATION INC — empowering tomorrow's manufacturers: a hands-on approach to exploring manufacturing
Cicp FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — support the buildout and the initial operational building costs for the nextlevel smart manufacturing studio to be used for university research and industry collaboration
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
13 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2022Largest: $350,000 to JOBS TO MOVE AMERICA — establish a community organizing, research, and advocacy agenda in alabama and mississippi to support community benefits agreements with manufacturers to build pipeline to well-pai…
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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 →