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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 “papers”
Where the money went
Largest: $110,000 to DIEU DONNE PAPER MILL INC — the paper project
Largest: $5,000 to WESTERN MAINE PAPER & HERITAGE MUSEUM — roof repair - maine paper & heritage museum
Largest: $229,366 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS — to support an in-person convening that will produce scholarly papers, a research agenda, and action report with recommendations to reduce gun violence.
Largest: $13,000 to EMILY DAVIS — 2022 andrew w. marshall paper prize competition, which awarded prizes to written work on u.s. national security topics
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $33,000 to Sustainable Sea Products — sustainable sea products (ssp) is a maine-based company that specializes in creating environmentally friendly molded fiber packaging and paper products made from locally sourced se…
Largest: $246,125 to Regents of the University of California — to develop a series of white papers that investigates potential investments in data and technology to advance diagnostic excellence.
Largest: $60,000 to PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE — to fund a workshop of a promising new musicial, gun & powder.
Largest: $180,000 to MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — to develop policy research papers on fiscal issues and solutions.
Largest: $125,000 to DIEU DONNE PAPER MILL INC — general operating support/annual gift
Largest: $450,000 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — to continue supporting the publication and dissemination of high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant economics research through the brookings papers on economic activity
Largest: $3,500 to PAPER INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME DBA PAPER DISCOVERY CENTER — program support
Largest: $5,500 to Chad Westra — grant for fieldwork and research on paper: paper regimes and modern china: an ecological history
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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 →