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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 “plastics”
Where the money went
Largest: $375,000 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — linking molecules, circuits and behavior to promote plasticity and memory in the aging brain; spi stevens: glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plastici…
Largest: $5.0M to United Nations Development Programme Regional Bure — regional partnership on management of plastic wast e and circular interventions on plastics in south, south east asia, and the pacific
Elbaz Family FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
14 matching grants · $545,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to Plastic Pollution Coalition — to support the organization's mission to work toward a more just, equitable world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, waterways, oceans, and the envi…
Largest: $343,026 to Waste And Resources Action Programme (WRAP) — to support initiatives focused on minimizing plastic packaging and single use plastics
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Opolis Optics LLC — for the stokedplastic collection, opolis founder james merrill worked with the manufacturing and research labs at the university of southern maine to develop a patent-pending blend…
Largest: $161,500 to LA COMPOST — raising awareness about plastics pollution, advancing sustainable materials, advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement
The American Society for AestheticGarden Grove, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $148,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS — clerical support of advocacy department
The Neighborhood Recycling CorporationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $607,635 · through 2024Largest: $113,922 to ECOCYCLE — to support alliance for mission based recyclers (ambr) mission to educate, advocate for changes in recycling policies, and reduce plastic waste.
Largest: $200,000 to DEFEND OUR HEALTH — slashing human health risks from plastic
Largest: $200,000 to Plastic Solutions Fund — general operating support
The Marisla FoundationLaguna Beach, CA
10 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2022Largest: $2.0M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS — plastics solutions fund
Largest: $65,000 to MOORE INSTITUTE FOR PLASTIC POL — to help with the plastic pollution
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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 →