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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 “inventions”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to PROJECT INVENT — to map the current invention education network and build a base of research to guide development of a potential invention education ecosystem model, expanding on the current invent…
National Collegiate Investors &Hadley, MACharity · may take applications
90 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Arizona State University — grants to help fund and support faculty with innovative ideas to create new or transform existing courses and programs to help students develop novel, stem-based inventions and gai…
Largest: $500,000 to INTERNATIONAL FIRST COMMITTEE ASSOC — to assist international first committee association in their efforts to teach children the value of technology and invention.
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC — 2024 camp invention summer stem program
Largest: $15,000 to OHIO INVENTION LEAGUE INC — ohio invention league invention convention support
The Community Foundation ofLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to LISA BAJORINAS LLC — for profit - expenses only - vogt invention and innovation program
Largest: $30,000 to PROJECT INVENT — outreach philanthropy grant: stem invention programming in every school. project invent is the only national program where students design for real clients to solve social impact p…
Largest: $25,000 to PROJECT INVENT — support for teacher fellowship program that empowers middle and high school educators to reinvograte their teaching
Largest: $32,500 to PROJECT INVENT — partnership between elso and project invent to expand stem access
Largest: $15,000 to Connecticut Invention Convention Inc — program support for connecticut invention convention state finals and expanded travelers volunteer experience
Largest: $117,000 to MAKER BHAVAN FOUNDATION — support invent-x 2025 and stem education
Largest: $30,000 to PROJECT INVENT — project invent fellowship program
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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 →