Funding search · EIN 363827678 · Chicago, IL
Polly Horton Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 9
- grants reported
- $225,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Grant history
All 9 reported grants, largest first.
- $25,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society for Lowell Nussbaum Soc-Tax Id 35-1074747 · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
The Cheetah Conservation Fund - Tax Id 31-1726923 · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society for Lowell Nussbaum Soc-Tax Id 35-1074747 · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
The Cheetah Conservation Fund - Tax Id 31-1726923 · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society for the Cheetah Conservation Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society for the Conservation Prize Function · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Gfeneral purpose
- $25,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society for the Lowell Nussbaum Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Cheetah Conservation Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society for the Lowell Nussbaum Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General purpose
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