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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 “releaf”
Where the money went
California ReleafSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $458,130 · through 2024Largest: $88,313 to North Coast Opportunities — releaf for relief
Largest: $175,000 to RELEAF MICHIGAN INC — environmental leadership
National Arbor Day FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $457,523 · through 2024Largest: $167,000 to FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — encourage and facilitate the adoption of leading-edge practices in municipal forests including inventory, planting, maintenance and education.
Largest: $30,000 to FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — to provide trees for public and nonprofit plantings.
Largest: $7,500 to RELEAF MICHIGAN INC — releaf michigan tree education programming
Largest: $20,000 to FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — priority releaf: building st. louis' urban tree canopy
Largest: $100,000 to FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — program/operating support
United Way of Greater St LouisSaint Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $96,000 · through 2023Largest: $32,000 to Forest ReLeaf of MO — ccs - community stability and crisis response
Largest: $13,000 to SOUTHSIDE RELEAF — general operating
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $152,076 · through 2023Largest: $110,148 to FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — conservation activities
Largest: $25,000 to SOUTHSIDE RELEAF — to support the charitable mission of the recipient organization
Largest: $2,000 to CALIFORNIA RELEAF — to assist the organization in carrying out its exempt purpose
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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 →