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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 “transmission”
Where the money went
MultiplierSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
92 matching grants · $54.2M · through 2024Largest: $97,000 to COLORADO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AUTHORITY — transmission solutions for a clean energy future
Hawaii Primary Care AssociationHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $432,042 to WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH — department of health 1815 project to enhance efforts to prevent obesity, heart disease, and stroke among adults.department of health school health partnership project to increase a…
Largest: $10.2M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS — research to prevent transmission of the malaria parasite
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MNCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $227,555 to UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT — rui: linking ecology, behavior, and immunology to spatio-temporal variation in helminth transmission
Largest: $900,000 to ADVANCED ENERGY INSTITUTE — to reform wholesale power markets, expand transmission, engage in utility planning in key states ($800,000), and defend clean energy tax credits ($100,000).
Largest: $693,927 to THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — to expand the multidisciplinary rtogov research network examining the role and governance of regional transmission organizations that manage the electric power grid in the united s…
Largest: $100,000 to MZC Foundation Inc — to produce geospatial analysis, planning assets, procurement strategies, research and advocacy supporting transmission siting in the transportation right-of-way, in partnership wit…
Largest: $200,000 to FORDHAM UNIVERSITY — fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduat…
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
3 matching grants · $359,901 · through 2024Largest: $201,660 to WESTFALISCHE WILLHELMS UNIVERSITAT MUNSTER — the transmission of religion across generations: a comparative international study
Breakthrough Energy FoundationKirkland, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2022Largest: $750,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE — accelerating transmission projects
Largest: $750,000 to AMERICAN COUNCIL ON RENEWABLE ENERGY — to advance clean energy through transmission reform
Largest: $123,750 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — clinical trial to evaluate intermittent screening and treatment with high sensitivity rapid diagnostic tests and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in asymptomatic school…
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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 →