Funding search · EIN 741590271 · Houston, TX

Houston Zoo

Name: Houston Zoo grants, 2022–2024
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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.

57
grants reported: $3.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

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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.

7 grants matching “gorilla” · $465,000

$100,000
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project · Davis, CA · 2024
Support for Gorilla doctors
$100,000
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Gorilla conservation, support for Rwandan women
$10,000
Gorilla Rehabilitation & Conservation Education Ctr · Niwot, CO · 2024
Gorilla conservation
$105,000
Mgvp - Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project · Davis, CA · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Mgvp · Davis, CA · 2022
Mountain and Eastern Lowland Gorilla conservation support
$50,000
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Int'L · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Operating Support

Top recipients

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

Baylor College of Medicine3 grants · $1.2M
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center1 grant · $215,700
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center2 grants · $208,965
Fort Worth Zoological Association2 grants · $135,638
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International2 grants · $125,000
Ecology Project International1 grant · $124,000
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center1 grant · $122,342
George M Sutton Avian Research Center1 grant · $115,608
Mgvp - Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project1 grant · $105,000
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.0M

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$409,757
Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2023
EEHV Research Project
$400,901
Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2022
EEHV Research Project
$341,112
Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2024
EEHV research project
$215,700
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center · Bartlesville, OK · 2022
Attwater Prairie Chicken conservation support
$185,708
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center · Glen Rose, TX · 2022
Attwater Prairie Chicken conservation support
$124,000
Ecology Project International · Missoula, MT · 2022
Galapagos Educational Program
$122,342
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center · Glen Rose, TX · 2023
Attwater Prairie Chicken conservation support
$115,608
George M Sutton Avian Research Center · Bartlesville, OK · 2023
Attwater Prairie Chicken conservation support
$105,000
Mgvp - Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project · Davis, CA · 2023
Program support
$100,000
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Gorilla conservation, support for Rwandan women
$100,000
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project · Davis, CA · 2024
Support for Gorilla doctors
$94,496
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Houston Toad conservation support
$76,783
Telonics · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Giant Anteater conservation support
$76,601
Texas a&M Agrilife Research · College Station, TX · 2024
Houston Toad conservation support
$75,000
Mgvp · Davis, CA · 2022
Mountain and Eastern Lowland Gorilla conservation support
$68,438
Capitol Area Council - Boy Scouts of America · Austin, TX · 2024
Houston Toad conservation support
$50,000
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Int'L · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Operating Support
$41,142
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Houston Toad conservation support
$40,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
Operating support
$40,000
International Rhino Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Operating support
$38,250
University of California - Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Latin America program
$37,069
Dallas Zoological Scoiety · Dallas, TX · 2023
Houston Toad conservation support
$37,007
Texas a&M Agrilife Research · College Station, TX · 2023
Houston Toad conservation support
$32,300
Save Giraffes Now · Dallas, TX · 2024
Operating support
$30,000
Save Giraffes Now · Dallas, TX · 2023
Giraffe conservation support
$26,765
Texas State University · San Marcos, TX · 2022
Houston Toad conservation support
$25,000
Texas Conservation Alliance · Dallas, TX · 2024
Operating support
$25,000
Uc Davis School of Veterinary Medicine · Davis, CA · 2024
Dr. Marcy with Patagonia Marine Wildlife
$25,000
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program support
$24,000
University of California - Davis · West Sacramento, CA · 2022
Latin America Program
$23,257
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center · Glen Rose, TX · 2024
Attwater Prairie Chicken conservation support
$20,000
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2024
SPLASH environmental conservation support
$20,000
International Elephant Foundation · Azle, TX · 2024
Operating support
$20,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2024
African Vulture conservation support
$20,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operating support
$20,000
Zoo Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024
SAFE Tortoise Program
$20,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023
Program support
$20,000
International Elephant Foundation · Azle, TX · 2023
Program support
$20,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2023
African Vulture conservation
$20,000
Texas Conservation Alliance · Dallas, TX · 2023
Program support
$17,387
Dallas Zoological Society · Dallas, TX · 2024
Houston Toad conservation support
$15,552
Pines and Prairies Land Trust · Bastrop, TX · 2023
Houston Toad conservation support
$15,000
Wildlife Conservation Global · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Okapi Conservation project
$15,000
American Assoc of Zoological Parks and Aquariums · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Employee Relief Fund
$15,000
International Elephant Foundation · Azle, TX · 2022
Elephant conservation support
$14,555
Texas State University · San Marcos, TX · 2023
Houston Toad conservation support
$12,000
Global Conservation Network · Apple Valley, MN · 2024
Planning Specialist Group operating support
$11,081
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders support
$11,069
White Oak Conservation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Emerging wildlife conservation leader support
$10,120
Texas State University · San Marcos, TX · 2024
Houston Toad conservation support
$10,000
Gorilla Rehabilitation & Conservation Education Ctr · Niwot, CO · 2024
Gorilla conservation
$10,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Species recovery conservation
$10,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Texas native cat conservation
$10,000
Global Conservation Network - Planning Specialist Group · Apple Valley, MN · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Global Conservation Network · Apple Valley, MN · 2022
Operating Support
$7,550
Boy Scouts of America - Capitol Area Council · Austin, TX · 2023
Houston Toad conservation support
$7,000
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium · Powell, OH · 2024
Mission Conservation workshop

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