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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 “smart”
Where the money went
Knoxville Tva Emp Cu Foundation for EducationKnoxville, TN
174 matching grants · $255,208 · through 2025Largest: $1,500 to DOBYNS-BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL — simply smart grant
North Carolina Partnership forRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
78 matching grants · $93.7M · through 2024Largest: $4.8M to SMART START OF FORSYTH COUNTY — nc young children
Wheeler ClinicPlainville, CTCharity · may take applications
65 matching grants · $848,984 · through 2024Largest: $53,240 to CT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (GARNER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION CORRIGAN COR — the cross mini-grant is used to start a smart recovery meeting for teens or young adults who use substances, an alternative peer group sober social events and activities for the sa…
Conservation Innovation FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $733,365 to COOL LAWN LLC — climate smart communities grant
Largest: $793,500 to SMART START PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN — this grant will support smart start partnership for children in leading a regional cohort of smart start local partnerships as they plan and implement a regional resilience project…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
14 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $400,000 to Smart Surfaces Coalition — to develop a smart surfaces cost benefit analysis for the city of bhopal, india
Largest: $150,000 to (226) SMART GROWTH AMERICA — climate: to advance state smart transportation initiative's research in transportation
Early Learning Coalition of BrowardFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $661,512 to BIG GENERATION CORP DBA SMART GENERATION ACADEMY — childcare reimb
Largest: $874,990 to SMART GROWTH AMERICA — 82090 developing and deploying an evidence-based national zoning-reform strategy to improve health outcomes for black and brown americans
Largest: $150,000 to Practical Farmers of Iowa — to empower farmers to educate other farmers and policymakers about the importance of climate-smart agriculture and improve climate-smart policy implementation
Largest: $300,000 to CLIMATE SMART VENTURES PTE LTD — in support of the formation and coordination of a working group composed of research and technical partners to scope transitioning the philippines' energy system from coal to clean…
Largest: $2.2M to GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION — smart mobility
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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 →