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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 “sewer”
Where the money went
Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumAnchorage, AKCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $12.8M · through 2022Largest: $5.9M to CITY OF KOTZEBUE — water & sewer system development
Sei ReadiVersailles, INCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2025Largest: $2.5M to South Dearborn Reg Sewer Dist — modernization
Central Oklahoma Economic Development DistrictShawnee, OKCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $294,194 · through 2022Largest: $50,251 to Town of Kendrick — sewer project, install 6 fire hydrants
Triumph Gulf CoastTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2024Largest: $364,287 to OKALOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — the hwy 90 east water and sewer expansion project will extend the existing potable water main 4.3 miles to the east along hwy 90 and extend the existing sanitary sewer force main 3…
Largest: $101,194 to PITTSBURGH WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY — to substantially expand federal grant and loan funding provided to pwsa for system improvements, green infrastructure development, and decarbonization efforts
Largest: $7,500 to HEAL THE OCEAN — to sustain wastewater infrastructure-sewers and septic systems
Largest: $3.0M to City of Bentonville — to prepare and coordinate a comprehensive water, sewer, and wastewater capital improvement plan (cip) to address extremely rapid growth with multiple, substantial and noteworthy de…
Wardle Family FoundationCharlottesville, VA
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to AMIKIDS BEAUFORT — contribution to obtain water service from beaufort jasper water & sewer authority
Largest: $10,000 to Riverkeeper Inc — the combined sewer overflow group is a collaboration of save the sound, riverkeeper and nrdc working to improve new york city river and harbor water quality.
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,914 · through 2022Largest: $12,830 to HILTON HEAD NO 1 PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT — 1 sewer connection inv 2793
Largest: $7,422 to Christine Roderick — plumbing repair sewer pump & pump out
Enid Regional Development AllianceEnid, OKCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $74,989 · through 2023Largest: $49,989 to WALKER AND WALKER ENTERPRISES — sewer work for expansion
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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 →