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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 “mitigation”
Where the money went
California Fire FoundationSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
159 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH S — wildfire mitigation
California Fire Safe CouncilSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $9.1M · through 2022Largest: $694,522 to NAPA COMM FIREWISE FOUNDATION — wildfire protection projects including pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, and fire-protection, mitigation, and education activities.
DeployusBoston, MACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $13.7M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — to support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation
Coalitions & CollaborativesDenver, COCharity · may take applications
112 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2024Largest: $8,640 to TETON WILDFIRE MITIGATION TEAM — mitigation & capacity building
Largest: $350,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — core support for the center on privacy and technology to undertake research and advocacy to investigate and mitigate the impact of surveillance on historically marginalized communi…
Hawaii Primary Care AssociationHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $432,042 to WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH — department of health 1815 project to enhance efforts to prevent obesity, heart disease, and stroke among adults.department of health school health partnership project to increase a…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC — wildfire mitigation
Climateworks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — to support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean tran…
Largest: $250,000 to LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE — to support convening experts to study implications, opportunities, and risk mitigation of synthetic biology for wildfire resilience.
Colorado HumanitiesGreenwood Village, COCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $674,864 · through 2021Largest: $48,000 to PUEBLO HERITAGE MUSEUM — general operating support to mitigate impact of covid-19.
Largest: $28,741 to Caribe Films Inc — to mitigate environment damages to the ponce playa communities
Largest: $24,965 to WESTED — 78757 developing a research agenda on how the justice system impacts health equity and on what innovations may mitigate inequities
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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 →