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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 “pond”
Where the money went
Largest: $18,000 to LINDEN PONDS INC — resident care fund / the linden ponds chorale
Davis Conservation FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $172,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust — growing the dream, the campaign for great pond mountain conservation trust
Largest: $2,500 to Harrison Pond — scholarship - virginia tech
Martha'S Vineyard CommunityWest Tisbury, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $336,927 · through 2024Largest: $124,434 to CHILMARK POND FOUNDATION — chilmark pond study
Largest: $50,000 to Falmouth Congregational Church — kirk p pond scholarship fund
Largest: $15,000 to BERLIN POND WATERSHED ASSOCIATION — toward permanent protection of candall woods, 33 acres of woodlands and wetlands with 1800 feet ...
Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF DYKEN POND CENTER — dyken pond pavilion
Health Resources in ActionBoston, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $587,500 · through 2024Largest: $230,000 to HERRING POND WAMPANOAG TRIBE — don statewide chi & healthy aging fund p332 p333, community health grantmaking, unrestricted
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $216,555 · through 2024Largest: $34,000 to QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — to support the study of pollutants and other water quality parameters along the quinnipiac river from meriden (hanover pond) through north haven.
Largest: $10,000 to EDGARTOWN GREAT POND FOUNDATION — to cultivate the resilience of our coastal pond ecosystems through science, collaboration, and education.
Largest: $10,000 to HOMESAFE — pond place independent living for young adults
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $380,537 · through 2024Largest: $208,787 to The Monadnock Conservancy — for desi dist., general/operating support, island pond acq.
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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 →