Funding search · EIN 473289963 · Wilmington, DE

Band 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.

148
grants reported
$21.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$101,034
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

conservationafricawildlifetrustkenyabiodiversityepilepsy

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2 grants matching “taxonomic · $202,067

  • $102,067

    Natureserve · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Southeastern Grassland Plants: Priority Status Assessments and Taxonomic Updates for At Risk Species

  • $100,000

    Natureserve · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Southeastern Grassland Plants: Priority Status Assessments and Taxonomic Updates for At Risk Species

Top recipients

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

  • Maliasili Initiatives9 grants · $2.2M
  • Wildlife Conservation Network12 grants · $1.8M
  • Austin Peay State University Foundation3 grants · $1.1M
  • Guardian Org Foundation3 grants · $950,000
  • Vox Media Llc3 grants · $815,425
  • The Wyldlife Fund3 grants · $800,000
  • Bat Conservation International3 grants · $750,000
  • Xerces Society3 grants · $725,000
  • Empowers Africa6 grants · $561,750
  • Synchronicity Earth USA4 grants · $550,000

Giving over time

$7.1M
2022
$6.7M
2023
$7.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 148 grants.

  • $1.0M

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2022

    Maliasili Conservation Fund

  • $500,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

    Maliasili Conservation Fund

  • $375,000

    Austin Peay State University Foundation · Clarksville, TN · 2023

    Southeastern Grasslands Institute

  • $350,000

    Austin Peay State University Foundation · Clarksville, TN · 2024

    Southeastern Grasslands Institute

  • $350,000

    Guardian Org Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Age of Extinction

  • $350,000

    Austin Peay State University Foundation · Clarksville, TN · 2022

    Southeastern Grasslands Institute

  • $300,000

    The Wyldlife Fund · Buffalo, WY · 2024

    Pooled Migration Fund

  • $300,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Lion Recovery Fund

  • $300,000

    Guardian Org Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Age of Extinction

  • $300,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Lion Recovery Fund

  • $300,000

    Guardian Org Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Age of Extinction program

  • $300,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Lion Recovery Fund

  • $285,283

    Vox Media Llc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $276,310

    Vox Media Llc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $256,200

    University of Virginia Health Foundation · Boone, IA · 2022

    Investigating Seizure Risk in Patients with Dementia

  • $253,832

    Vox Media Llc · Washington, DC · 2022

    Expenditure Responsibility Grant

  • $253,617

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2024

    Agave Restoration Initiative

  • $250,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Pangolin Crisis Fund

  • $250,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2024

    Firefly Atlas Initiative

  • $250,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2023

    Agave Restoration Initiative

  • $250,000

    Manomet · Manomet, MA · 2023

    Shorebird Conservation at Priority Sites

  • $250,000

    Oo Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    Investigating the Fishmeal Industry

  • $250,000

    The Wyldlife Fund · Buffalo, WY · 2023

    Pooled Migration Fund

  • $250,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2022

    Agave Restoration Initiative

  • $250,000

    Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund · Huntington, VT · 2022

    Los Inocentes Land fund

  • $250,000

    Manomet · Manomet, MA · 2022

    Shorebird Conservation at Priority Sites

  • $250,000

    The Wyldlife Fund · Buffalo, WY · 2022

    Pooled Migration Fund

  • $240,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2022

    Firefly Atlas Initiative

  • $235,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2023

    Firefly Atlas Initiative

  • $218,025

    International Bureau for Epilepsy · 2023

    Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in Africa

  • $202,013

    Amref Health Africa · New York, NY · 2024

    Enhancing Epilepsy Care in Africa

  • $200,000

    California Academy of Sciences Ggp · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    bioGraphic

  • $175,000

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    Protecting Ocean Wildlife Initiative

  • $175,000

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Protecting Ocean Wildlife Initiative

  • $175,000

    Synchronicity Earth USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Amphibian Conservation Fund

  • $175,000

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    Protecting Ocean Wildlife Initiative

  • $175,000

    Synchronicity Earth USA · New York, NY · 2022

    Amphibian Conservation Fund

  • $166,240

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $164,820

    Galapagos Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Iniciativa Galapagos

  • $150,000

    American Epilepsy Society · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME)

  • $150,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024

    Freshwater Mussel Decline

  • $150,000

    Food and Environment Reporting Network · New York, NY · 2024

    Biodiversity Reporting Project

  • $150,000

    Friends of the Osa · Washington, DC · 2024

    Rewilding the Osa Peninsula

  • $150,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024

    Conservation Beyond Boundaries

  • $150,000

    Inaturalist · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    iNaturalist Nature Story Hub

  • $150,000

    Lion Landscapes · 2024

    Ruaha/Selous Carnivore Project

  • $150,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

    Rewilding Argentina (Ibera)

  • $150,000

    Synchronicity Earth USA · New York, NY · 2024

    Amphibian Conservation Fund

  • $150,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Yale Environment 360 Coverage of Biodiversity

  • $150,000

    American Bird Conservancy · Marshall, VA · 2023

    Birds not Mosquitoes Campaign

  • $150,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023

    Freshwater Mussel Decline

  • $150,000

    California Academy of Sciences Ggp · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    bioGraphic

  • $150,000

    Food and Environment Reporting Network · New York, NY · 2023

    Biodiversity Reporting Project

  • $150,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2023

    Conservation Beyond Boundaries

  • $150,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Amplifying Local Conservation Voices

  • $150,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023

    Rewilding Argentina

  • $150,000

    Wildlife Guardians · Washington, DC · 2023

    Legacy Land Campaign

  • $150,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Yale Environment 360 Coverage of Biodiversity

  • $150,000

    California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    bioGraphic program

  • $150,000

    Food and Environment Reporting Network · New York, NY · 2022

    Biodiversity Reporting Project

  • $150,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2022

    Amplifying Local Conservation Voices

  • $150,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $140,000

    Mongabay Org Corporation · Atherton, CA · 2024

    Short-form News Desk & Africa Bureau

  • $140,000

    Mongabay Org Corporation · Atherton, CA · 2023

    Short-form News Desk

  • $140,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022

    Freshwater Mussel Decline program

  • $133,000

    International Bureau for Epilepsy · 2024

    Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in Africa

  • $125,000

    Mongabay Org Corporation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    Africa and Biodiversity Solutions Programs

  • $114,252

    Cornell University - Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2022

    Pediatric Epilepsy Mortality Initiative (PEMI)

  • $110,250

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2024

    Kenya Bird of Prey Trust

  • $110,250

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2023

    Kenya Bird of Prey Trust

  • $105,000

    National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Southern Highlands Reserve

  • $105,000

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2022

    Kenya Bird of Prey Trust program

  • $102,067

    Natureserve · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Southeastern Grassland Plants: Priority Status Assessments and Taxonomic Updates for At Risk Species

  • $100,000

    American Bird Conservancy · Marshall, VA · 2024

    Birds not Mosquitoes Campaign

  • $100,000

    Center for Plant Conservation · Escondido, CA · 2024

    Florida Plant Rescue

  • $100,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

    Amplifying Local Conservation Voices

  • $100,000

    Mara Elephant Project USA · Carmel, IN · 2024

    Mara Elephant Project - Ranger Teams in the Loita Forest

  • $100,000

    Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    NZPCBI/Virginia Working Landscapes

  • $100,000

    The Clifton Institute · Warrenton, VA · 2024

    Using Science to Improve Management of Declining Species on Working Lands in the Virginia Piedmont

  • $100,000

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Stone Center for Large Landscape Conservation

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association

  • $100,000

    Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative · Kinnear, WY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Center for Plant Conservation · Escondido, CA · 2023

    Florida Plant Rescue

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Osa · Washington, DC · 2023

    Strengthening Mangrove Ecosystems in the Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Pangolin Crisis Fund

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association

  • $100,000

    Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative · Kinnear, WY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2022

    WildCRU fund

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Osa · Washington, DC · 2022

    Strengthening Mangrove Ecosystems in the Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands

  • $100,000

    International Bureau for Epilepsy · 2022

    Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in Africa

  • $100,000

    Natureserve · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Southeastern Grassland Plants: Priority Status Assessments and Taxonomic Updates for At Risk Species

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Pangolin Crisis Fund

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association

  • $100,000

    Yale University - Yale School of Forestry & Enviro · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Yale Environment 360 Coverage of Biodiversity

  • $97,527

    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy · Chicago, IL · 2023

    SUDEP Data Standardization Project

  • $88,810

    The Clifton Institute · Warrenton, VA · 2023

    Using Science to Improve Management of Declining Species on Working Lands in the Virginia Piedmont

  • $83,000

    Ozark Chinquapin Foundation · Poplar Bluff, MO · 2022

    Ozark Chinquapin Tree Restoration Initiative

  • $78,750

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2024

    Kenya Wildlife Trust: Mara Predator Conservation Program

  • $78,750

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2023

    Kenya Wildlife Trust: Mara Predator Conservation Program

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.