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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 “receptacle”
Where the money went
Keep Louisiana BeautifulMandeville, LACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $376,601 · through 2023Largest: $22,732 to TOWN OF ARCADIA — beautification grant; greener ground grant; trash receptacle grant
Pocono Mountains Vacation BureauStroudsburg, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $31,781 · through 2023Largest: $14,000 to BOROUGH OF MILFORD — purchasing 12 new garbage receptacles for commercial district
Point Lobos FoundationCarmel, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,888 · through 2024Largest: $17,663 to BearSaver — trash and recycling receptacles
Largest: $11,200 to VILLAGE OF LOVINGTON — trash receptacles /
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,500 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to WAYNE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — grant distribution for garbage receptacle replacement
Largest: $2,000 to LIBRARY- WHITE SULPHER SPRINGS — patio furniture and trash receptacle
Southwest Initiative FoundationHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $19,500 · through 2024Largest: $19,500 to CITY OF APPLETON — bench and trash receptacles, appleton housing technical assistance.
Humboldt Area FoundationBayside, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,000 · through 2023Largest: $21,000 to CITY OF EUREKA — bay trail trash receptacles & street art
Largest: $25,000 to SMOKY HILL RIVER FESTIVAL — pre-workshops, game street, entrance art, volunteer retention, waste receptacles
Largest: $9,943 to TRI-CITIES HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — landscaping, benches, and trash receptacles at public east kentucky veterans memorial park and walking trail.
Rooks County Healthcare FoundationPlainville, KSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,575 · through 2022Largest: $9,575 to ROOKS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER — purchase receptacle analyzer
The F&V FoundationGrand Rapids, MI
1 matching grant · $5,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to CITY OF HARRISON — to enhance a public space with benches, trash receptacles, and pet waste stations
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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 →