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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 “neutrality”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.1M to WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — to support carbon neutrality efforts to foster public health
The Energy FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $770,000 to INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC — to support education, research, and outreach to build a clean energy future; for the global inland waterway and coastal emissions to build a clean energy future; for the alternativ…
Chicago Instructional TechnologyLongmont, COCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $403,250 · through 2023Largest: $85,000 to CENTER FOR MEDIA JUSTICE — net neutrality
Largest: $1.0M to SHASTA COUNTY — tax neutrality
Largest: $178,500 to Neutral Zone — future corps expansion
Largest: $150,000 to EMPLOY AMERICA — to research and amplify the macroeconomic benefits of cost control measures, like site neutral, in health care policy.
Action NowHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2025Largest: $698,000 to US MARKET INSTITUTE — to continue support of grantee's education and advocacy surrounding site-neutral pricing policies.
Instructional TelecommunicationsEnglewood, COCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $310,500 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to FIGHT OF THE FUTURE INC — net neutrality
American Concrete InstituteFarmington Hills, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $630,500 · through 2024Largest: $220,500 to ACI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR CARBON NEUTRAL CONCRETE — research grants & scholarships
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $458,669 · through 2022Largest: $281,437 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA — nceas - research tasks; strengthening land degradation neutrality and drought resilience data and decision-making
Largest: $250,000 to TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — to study new approaches to quantum computing with neutral atom arrays that can operate continuously.
Largest: $100,000 to (249) URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK — climate: to support the carbon neutral cities alliance project
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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 →