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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 “regenerating”
Where the money went
Jdrf InternationalNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $18.9M · through 2022Largest: $2.6M to BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE — beta cell regeneration
Washington Tourism AllianceSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $644,000 · through 2024Largest: $65,000 to ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTY — rural tourism research & data and tourism regeneration
One Earth PhilanthropyCulver City, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $442,500 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND — strengthening women-led, agroecology-based local food systems through preserving traditional knowledge and species; regenerating sustainable food systems in central asian indigenou…
Springboard for the ArtsSaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to GIIGE — rural regenerator artist fellowship
Largest: $87,000 to Regeneration International — to support the people's food summit and regeneration international's strategic planning
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $393,167 · through 2024Largest: $217,000 to INDIGENOUS REGENERATION — san pasqual free food distribution
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $800,000 to REGENERATION PROJECT — sustainable environment
American ForestsWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $792,465 to US Forest Service — eldorado king fire reforestation project; flathead resilence planting project; natural regeneration project at wayne national forest; hoosier national forest prescribed burn projec…
Largest: $375,000 to Springboard for the Arts — to launch the rural regenerators fellowship and lay the groundwork for fergus falls to become the home for the center for rural creativity and regeneration
Largest: $500,000 to RUPCO INC — project support: regenerate kingston housing initiative
Largest: $264,100 to REGENERATION NASHVILLE — to continue ongoing programs and services
Orthopaedic Research and EducationRosemont, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $439,745 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to Steadman Philippon Research Institute — 2023 - clinical research award - hip chondrolabral dysfunction: the road for excision to repair, replacement, and regeneration
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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 →