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12 funders with a record of paying for “miners”
Where the money went
Largest: $112,500 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — afc820-15 - reducing mortality risks in the extended diesel exhaust and miners study (dems)costello
Largest: $225,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY — for research on inequitable and illegal supply chains of transition minerals and to strengthen local resistance and territorial monitoring in mexico and brazil
Largest: $1.1M to CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION — for minerals for the energy transition
Largest: $496,588 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — to examine the equity implications of critical mineral mining and water scarcity in the great basin region through community-based participatory case studies
Largest: $1.2M to UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA — sustainable mineral research
Gemological Institute of AmericaCarlsbad, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $450,698 to PACT INC — support education of artisanal miners in gem mining communities
Climateworks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $3.7M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — to support communities in building inclusive models for clean energy transition ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($950,000); the global transition to clean t…
Largest: $4,000 to KEYSER-MINERAL CO PUBLIC LIBRARY — accessibility update to computer/dvd area
South Central Colorado SeniorsAlamosa, COCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $127,283 · through 2024Largest: $26,828 to MINERAL COUNTY HOMEMAKER PROG — homemaker services for seniors
Largest: $7,500 to MINERAL COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK — summer reading program/
Largest: $250,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS — to support state emission standards, the environmental justice fellowship program, and critical minerals modeling
Largest: $75,000 to NM BUREAU GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES (GEOCHRON LAB) — to conduct research and interact with state and federal agencies and industry to facilitate prudent exploitation of the state's geological resources
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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 →