Funding search · EIN 396089450 · Madison, WI

The Sand County Foundation

Name: The Sand County Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

50
grants reported: $7.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

award conservation leopold data prize water influence policy

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

11 grants matching “leopold” · $110,000

$10,000
Greenfield Farms · Skaneateles, NY · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Pankey Ranch Llc · Craig, CO · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Beretta Dairy · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center · Seagoville, TX · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Britt Farms · Clifton Hill, MO · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Wheel-View Farm · Shelburne Falls, MA · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Long Green Farms · Rising Sun, MD · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Barney Creek Livestock Llc · Livingston, MT · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Smith Family Farms Llc · Elk City, OK · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Myrin Ranch · Altamont, UT · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Tomandl Farms · Medford, WI · 2022
Leopold conservation award

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Environmental Policy Innovation Center2 grants · $6.5M
Alliance for the Great Lakes1 grant · $230,000
River Network1 grant · $150,000
Policylink1 grant · $110,000
Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System2 grants · $72,058
Regents of University of Minnesota1 grant · $63,258
Cdm Smith1 grant · $50,000
Farmers Edge1 grant · $41,872
University of New Mexico1 grant · $26,900
National Audubon Society1 grant · $14,746

Giving over time

$762,686

2022

$1.1M

2023

$5.8M

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$5.6M
Environmental Policy Innovation Center · College Park, MD · 2024
General purposes
$902,843
Environmental Policy Innovation Center · College Park, MD · 2023
General purposes
$230,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022
Conservation policy & influence
$150,000
River Network · Boulder, CO · 2022
Conservation policy & influence
$110,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022
Conservation policy & influence
$63,258
Regents of University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Ag conservation
$50,000
Cdm Smith · Boston, MA · 2022
Water data prize
$41,872
Farmers Edge · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purposes
$39,686
Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2022
General purposes
$32,372
Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2023
General purposes
$26,900
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General purposes
$14,746
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
Ag conservation
$13,000
Moonshot Missions · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General purposes
$10,980
Stemper Hay & Grain · Plymouth, WI · 2024
Ag conservation
$10,000
Bowles Farming Company · Los Banos, CA · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Hutchison Brothers · Cordova, MD · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Mm Terry Ranch Ltd · Dallas, TX · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Munns Flying M Ranch · Snowville, UT · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Regnerative Farmer · Hickory, NC · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Sunnyside Farms · Scipio Center, NY · 2024
Lca award
$10,000
Bartholomay Kattle Kompany Llc · Sheldon, ND · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Cope Grass Farms Llc · Truxton, MO · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
Dygert Farms · Palatine Bridge, NY · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
Jones Family Farms Fund · Derby, CT · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
Levalley Ranch Ii Ltd Rllp · Hotchkiss, CO · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
Nolls' Dairy Farm Llc · Alma, WI · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
Park Farming Organics · Meridian, CA · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
R&S Flinchbaugh Llc · York, PA · 2023
Lca award
$10,000
120 Water Audit · Zionsville, IN · 2022
Water data prize
$10,000
Barney Creek Livestock Llc · Livingston, MT · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Beretta Dairy · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Britt Farms · Clifton Hill, MO · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
Water data prize
$10,000
Greenfield Farms · Skaneateles, NY · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center · Seagoville, TX · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Ketos · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Water data prize
$10,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Long Green Farms · Rising Sun, MD · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Myrin Ranch · Altamont, UT · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
New Jersey Future · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Water data prize
$10,000
Pankey Ranch Llc · Craig, CO · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Raftelis Financial Consultants · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Water data prize
$10,000
Smith Family Farms Llc · Elk City, OK · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Tomandl Farms · Medford, WI · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$10,000
Wheel-View Farm · Shelburne Falls, MA · 2022
Leopold conservation award
$7,623
Vernon County Land & Water Conservation Department · Viroqua, WI · 2024
Ag conservation
$6,222
Res Great Lakes · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Pollinator habitat grants
$6,063
Glacierland Resource Conservation and Development · Green Bay, WI · 2024
General purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.