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2 funders with a record of paying for “ternsolar”

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Tern Foundation → Massachusetts Audubon Society: $150K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Alvan G & Carol J Lampke Family → Spontaneous Celebrations: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tern Foundation → Heritage Museum and Gardens Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2025Tern Foundation → Worcester County Horticultural Society: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Tern Foundation → Berkshire Botanical Gardens: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2025Tern Foundation → Provincetown Commons: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2025Tern Foundation → Asociation to Preserve Cape Cod: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2025Tern Foundation → Wellfleet Historical Society Inc: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2024Tern Foundation → The Lily House Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tern Foundation → Mujeres Unidas Avanzando: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Tern Foundation → Barnstable Land Trust: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Tern Foundation → Zumix: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022Tern Foundation → Summer of Sass: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025Tern Foundation → Peaked Hill Trust: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tern Foundation → Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill Inc: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024Tern Foundation → Spontaneous Celebrations: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024Tern Foundation → Wild Care Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Tern Foundation → Brewster Conservation Trust: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tern Foundation: $590K on this topic. Open the funder.Tern Foundation$590KThe Alvan G & Carol J Lampke Family: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.The Alvan G & Carol J Lampke…$1KMassachusetts Audubon Society: received $150K on this topicMassachusetts Audubon Society$150KHeritage Museum and Gardens Inc: received $60K on this topicHeritage Museum and Gardens Inc$60KWorcester County Horticultural Society: received $50K on this topicWorcester County Horticultural…$50KBerkshire Botanical Gardens: received $45K on this topicBerkshire Botanical Gardens$45KProvincetown Commons: received $40K on this topicProvincetown Commons$40KAsociation to Preserve Cape Cod: received $38K on this topicAsociation to Preserve Cape Cod$38KWellfleet Historical Society Inc: received $38K on this topicWellfleet Historical Society Inc$38KThe Lily House Inc: received $30K on this topicThe Lily House Inc$30KMujeres Unidas Avanzando: received $25K on this topicMujeres Unidas Avanzando$25KBarnstable Land Trust: received $20K on this topicBarnstable Land Trust$20KZumix: received $17K on this topicZumix$17KSummer of Sass: received $15K on this topicSummer of Sass$15KPeaked Hill Trust: received $15K on this topicPeaked Hill Trust$15KTruro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill Inc: received $14K on this topicTruro Center for the Arts at Ca…$14KSpontaneous Celebrations: received $14K on this topicSpontaneous Celebrations$14KWild Care Inc: received $11K on this topicWild Care Inc$11KBrewster Conservation Trust: received $10K on this topicBrewster Conservation Trust$10K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →