Funding search · EIN 462927195 · Littleton, CO
The Ricketts Conservation 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.
- 14
- grants reported
- $1.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $43,568
- 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.
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1 grant matching “andmanagement” · $109,860
- $109,860
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2023
Support use of forestsfor social equity andmanagement of climate change.
Grant history
All 14 reported grants, largest first.
- $250,000
Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2023
Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.
- $250,000
Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2022
Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.
- $162,750
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Efforts to stop theYellowstone Boundary Gold Mine and protect native species
- $109,860
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2023
Support use of forestsfor social equity andmanagement of climate change.
- $55,693
University of Montana · Denver, CO · 2024
Fund research regardingnongame mammel and birdspecies.
- $48,000
Friends of the Bridger-Teton · Jackson, WY · 2024
Promote the preservationand conservation of BTNF.Promote the preservation
- $45,469
University of Colorado - Denver · Aurora, CO · 2024
Continue funding and researchrelated Yellowstone Ecosystem.
- $41,666
Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2024
Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.
- $36,531
University of Montana · Denver, CO · 2023
Fund research regardingnongame mammel and birdspecies.
- $25,000
Sublette County Conservation District · Pinedale, WY · 2024
Sponsor and supportinvisible fence program.
- $20,000
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Promote research relatedto Clark's Nutcrackerin Yellowstone NP.
- $15,000
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Brighton, CO · 2023
Continued researchregarding bird population declinesand corrective actions.
- $5,000
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Brighton, CO · 2022
Continued researchregarding bird population declinesand corrective actions.
- $2,000
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative · Jackson, WY · 2023
Sponsor 2023 Wildlifesymposium to promotewildlife conservation.
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