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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 “thermal”
Where the money went
Polk County Community FoundationTryon, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $622,624 · through 2024Largest: $254,358 to Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry — support for food distribution, housing, medical & financial assistance for those in need
Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FOUNDATION — solar thermal collector
United Way of Northern ShenandoahWinchester, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $65,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to WINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER — to provide temporary shelter and support to the homeless
Largest: $4,995 to Howard County Volunteer Fire Department — thermal imaging camera
Largest: $150,000 to Building Decarbonization Coalition — to support the thermal utility reform initiative and launch thermal network pilot projects in the midwest
Largest: $10,000 to THERMAL BELT OUTREACH MINISTRY — general charitable
Largest: $1,659 to Catholic Charities of Northeast Kan — donated thermal socks for homeless people
Largest: $350,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — in support of research to produce reflective optical coatings with low thermal noise, for use in gravitational wave detectors.
Largest: $175,000 to STIFTELSEN THE STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE — for comparative action research on just transitions for thermal coal-mining dependent regions in colombia, south africa, and indonesia
Largest: $2,000 to UNIONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT — thermal imaging camera, 4 gas meters
Gateway Wellness FoundationMarion, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $63,300 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to THERMAL BELT OUTREACH MINISTRIES — outreach home repair pilot
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida ITallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $69,929 · through 2024Largest: $34,099 to FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION — evaluation of common snook movement patterns associated with thermal refugia in crystal river, florida
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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 →