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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 “septic”
Where the money went
Largest: $70,000 to CLEAN WATER FUND — support for md waters - septics & zero waste
Largest: $35,000 to KENAI PENINSULA HOMELESSNESS COALITION INC — septic system repairs
Largest: $98,520 to ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE — azib shahib, md study cover research entitled "translationally relevant swine model of lipopolysaccharide-induced septic shock to assess a perfusion centered approach for the manag…
Largest: $50,000 to GOLDEN SPREAD COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS — operating expenses & septic systems
Largest: $7,500 to HEAL THE OCEAN — to sustain wastewater infrastructure-sewers and septic systems
Largest: $15,000 to Emerging Grace Ministries Inc — septic system
Largest: $17,800 to PORTSMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY — septic system upgrade
Largest: $50,000 to GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY — support for seed grant: sepsis dx - septic shock screening device
Largest: $100,000 to CLEAN WATER FUND — supporting the fund in its fight to strengthen the regulations governing confined animal feeding operations and septic systems.
Mad River Valley Community FundWaitsfield, VTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $100,419 · through 2023Largest: $92,560 to NECK OF THE WOODS — septic & water system projects
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $57,000 · through 2024Largest: $37,000 to BRANFORD LAND TRUST — to support the replacement of the septic system at its headquarters, the land trust house, located at 26 school st., branford.
Largest: $30,000 to Peninsula Senior Center — septic system replacement
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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 →