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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.
11 funders with a record of paying for “substainability”
Where the money went
Portneuf Health TrustPocatello, IDCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $432,797 to CITY OF POCATELLO — substainability gran
Largest: $450,000 to GREEN IS THE NEW BLUE — to promote the protection and preservation of the environment and to evaluate and inspire individuals participating in sports to reevaluate the substainability and ecological frien…
Largest: $35,000 to SUBSTAINABLE HARVEST INTERNATIONAL — support family farmers
Largest: $2,500 to Hawaii Substainability Foundation — support trancendental meditation in kauai
Bjc Health SystemSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to FOREST PARK FOREVER — support to restore, maintain & substain forest park.
Largest: $50,000 to GLOBAL PEHT CORP — to offer a substainable, long-term strategy to aid in the fight against human trafficking.
Camelback VenturesGarden City, IDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $40,000 · through 2022Largest: $40,000 to THE INSTITUTE FOR SUBSTAINABLE TRAN — to assist in the startup of nonprofit
Charlevoix County Community FoundationEast Jordan, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,142 · through 2023Largest: $6,142 to Taras Meadow Education & Ret — beaver island substainability initi
Largest: $5,000 to NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSN OF CONNECTICUT — a non-profit organization which supports advancement of substainable & environmentally safe agriculture in new england
The Pickwick FoundationPhiladelphia, PA
1 matching grant · $2,500 · through 2023Largest: $2,500 to NANTUCKET SUBSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORP — to help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3)
Largest: $1,000 to SANTA CRUZ HUB FOR SUBSTAINABLE LIVING — educate on renewalmaterials & transportation
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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 →