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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 “pump”
Where the money went
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $280,945 · through 2023Largest: $116,666 to DUCKS UNLIMITED — for the big river pump station at ballard county wma
Largest: $625,908 to WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INST — emerging technologies for studying microbial communities and biogeochemical shifts in the oceans biological pump
The Bob and Patti Antin Family FoundationMarina Del Rey, CA
4 matching grants · $110,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to HAROLD PUMP CAROLE PUMP FOUNDATION — general and unrestricted
Self-Help EnterprisesVisalia, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $152,115 · through 2024Largest: $76,493 to Ballico Community Services — pull & replace submersible pump
Largest: $100,438 to LIFETIME WELLS INTERNATIONAL — casings for wells, pumps
Largest: $20,678 to UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION — 35 medical grade breast pumps project
Largest: $160,000 to PEOPLE'S ACTION FOR CLEAN ENERGY (PACE) — heat pump program for
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Amply Energy Inc — amply energy builds software to help heat pump installers sell better designed heat pump systems faster. today, heat pump installers need to decide between doing it fast and doing …
The New World FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $230,374 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY — in support of the installation of heat pumps, insulation, and air sealing for the main gymnasium, aimed at reducing fossil fuel reliance.
Dignity Community CarePhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $139,440 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to HAROLD PUMP FOUNDATION — community health
Largest: $25,000 to THE PUMP FOUNDATION — organization's exempt purpose
Largest: $15,000 to QUINCY ASIAN RESOURCES INC (QARI) — qari community heat pump coaching program
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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 →