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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 “util”
Where the money went
Largest: $150,000 to UTILITY REFORM NETWORK — ratepayers united - promoting health equity utility service policies: to support regional and statewide efforts to ensure that utility shutoffs do not harm community health by deve…
The Wintercare Energy FundLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
50 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $126,175 to COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL FOR LEX-FAYETTE BOURB HARR NICH COUNTIES — utility bill support
Society of St Vincent De PaulErlanger, KYCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $770,303 · through 2024Largest: $37,812 to ST VINCENT DE PAUL- ST MARYICN — conference assistance for rent and utility payments for the needy
Southface Energy InstituteAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
49 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2022Largest: $163,125 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY — utility sys. improv.
Navigate Affordable Housing PartnersBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to RENEW BIRMINGHAM — critical utility and home repair assistance program - targeting the communities of ensley, ensley highland, tuxedo, and wylam; renew birminghams critical utility and home repair as…
East Denver Colfax PartnershipDenver, COCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $652,500 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to PHO-NATIC LLC — rent or mortgage payments (excluding taxes), utilities and insurance payroll, benefits, or incentives (e.g., bonuses) to hire and retain workers
Largest: $5,122 to JERRY JOHNSON — rent/ utilities/ assisted living
The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince WilliamManassas, VACharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $10.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to New Creatures-in-Christ Ministries Incorporated — funds were used to provide assistance with utilities, rent/mortgage and childcare.
Largest: $150,000 to Building Decarbonization Coalition — to support the thermal utility reform initiative and launch thermal network pilot projects in the midwest
Largest: $300,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to conduct research to assess how medicare advantage plans create value and effectively manage utilization with the ultimate goal of helping to make the delivery of health care mor…
Largest: $286,485 to Washoe County Family Resource Centers — utility vouchers (accrued in 2022; to be paid in 2023)
Largest: $3.1M to CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC — improving medical oxygen production and utilization
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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 →