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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 “waste”
Where the money went
Largest: $149,751 to ICCO (Stichting Interkerkelijke Organisatie voor O — fostering the economic and social well-being of waste workers for the safe and dignified collection of plastic waste for recycling
Minnesota Chamber FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $679,528 · through 2023Largest: $51,913 to HIGHLAND COLLISION CENTER — energy and waste programs
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $665,621 · through 2022Largest: $60,000 to CONGRESS HEIGHTS COMMUNITY TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT CORP — reducing food waste
Missoula Area Agency On AgingMissoula, MTCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2023Largest: $816,680 to RAVALLI COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING — development and maintenance of a comprehensive and coordinated service delivery system for supportive, nutrition, information, caregiver and advocacy services to older individuals …
Environmental Research & EducationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $793,183 · through 2024Largest: $235,793 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY — research grant-pfas disposal in special wastes
Climate Imperative FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $10.0M · through 2023Largest: $268,880 to Californians Against Waste Foundation — to support research and education about climate-friendly solid waste management
The Recycling PartnershipWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2024Largest: $158,025 to SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY OF CENTRAL OHIO — recycling behavior pilots, community recycling infrastructure, recycling education and recycling improvement research grants
Largest: $20,000 to PROMESA ACADEMY INC — waste reduction
Largest: $239,676 to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — to study the effectiveness of spending limits in reducing wasteful medicare payments for physical therapy.
Largest: $280,464 to SCHOLARS OF SUSTENANCE THAILAND - SOS BANGKOK — hunger-relief and scholarship assistance organization created to facilitate the recycling of wasted hospitality food in underdeveloped areas and the funding of scholarships for imp…
Journey for Good FoundationBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $255,000 · through 2025Largest: $32,500 to MOVE FOR HUNGER — to create sustainable ways to reduce food waste and fight hunger using the relocation industry
Largest: $794,558 to ACTION AGAINST HUNGER — weight gain analysis;uganda wasting reform;nepal wasting prevention; nepal acute malnutrition; contre la faim 2024: accelerating uptake of new wasting guidelines
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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 →