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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 “technos”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to Bates College — to engage in the histories, economies, and cultures of asia; 1. tanaka memorial foundation student research grant. 2. partial support for one professor and two students to attend t…
Largest: $2.0M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNO — community wellbeing
Dollar General Literacy FoundationGoodlettsville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $29,000 · through 2025Largest: $8,000 to TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNO — adult literacy
For Inspiration and Recognition ofManchester, NHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $19,000 · through 2024Largest: $7,000 to Northview Techno Titans Robotics Foundation Inc — program support
Largest: $23,367 to NIKHIT KUMAR AGRAWAL — agrawal, nikhit (california, los angeles, u. of) "techno-entrepreneurship and agroecological futures: ethnographic research on agri-tech interventions in india"
Largest: $98,678 to NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNO — general operating
Largest: $1.5M to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — to study the techno-economics of critical industries and their supply chains
Largest: $5,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNO — program/operating support
Largest: $480,000 to IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE — support for red team study: process modeling and techno-economic analysis on biomass-based carbon removal
Largest: $20,000 to NORTHVIEW TECHNO TITANS ROBOTICS FOUNDATION INC — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to FRONT LINE YOUTH IN SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND TECHNO — funds for technicbots team
Cs FundPetaluma, CA
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — techno-fate collective
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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 →