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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 “engineers”
Where the money went
Largest: $542,958 to TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — fellowships for science and engineering
Largest: $323,235 to ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS ACTING LOCALLY — in support of increasing local engagement by professionals with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Largest: $137,873 to UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — to benchmark current knowledge in virtual tools for collaborative engineering design and generate best practices for distributed teams of engineers
Education Design LabWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to ALAMO COLLLEGES FOUNDATION — community college growth engine
Largest: $225,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION - THE H — uci henry samueli school of engineering programs on digital literacy and oc engineering pathways for underserved and under-represented youth as directed by dr. leyla desilva riley
Largest: $49,918 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE — to impact all engineering students by training engineering faculty to integrate learning outcomes from the engineering for one planet framework into multiple engineering specializa…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $10.1M · through 2023Largest: $127,100 to Regents of the University of Michigan — electrical and computer engineering fund (# 313471), general operating support, light family endowed scholarship fund (#700790). support of blavin scholars program - student life, …
Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersPiscataway, NJCharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $8.1M · through 2024Largest: $13,300 to American Institute of Chemical Engineers — engineering achievement award
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $15.7M · through 2024Largest: $221,706 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — advised - the purpose of grants from this fund is to provide grant-in-aid for "financially needy" lower division students in good standing at the university of california, berkeley…
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NYCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $8.5M · through 2023Largest: $30,639 to Reaction Engineering International — research-civil engineering
Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS — support for synthetic biology: engineering, evolution & design conference
Largest: $100,163 to AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS — j.e.d.i. best practices in the engineering workforce summitimplementation of educational framework for a successful career in engineering roadmap - phase ii
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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 →