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Bobolink Foundation

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

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

144
grants reported: $49.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $30,000
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.

4 grants matching “ornithology” · $250,000

$50,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$100,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Belize Maya Forest
$50,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift

Top recipients

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

The Nature Conservancy4 grants · $13.1M
Rainforest Trust1 grant · $7.0M
World Wildlife Fund5 grants · $3.4M
Rewild1 grant · $3.0M
Re Wild2 grants · $2.7M
Re Wild1 grant · $2.3M
Nature Conservancy of Canada1 grant · $2.0M
New Venture Fund2 grants · $1.7M
Friends of the Forest Preserves4 grants · $1.5M
Openlands6 grants · $1.3M

Giving over time

$15.3M

2022

$14.3M

2023

$19.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 144 grants.

$7.0M
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Taquari $5M, Choc $2M
$7.0M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$3.1M
The Nature Conservancy · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$3.0M
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022
Land Preservation Maya Corridor
$3.0M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Herencia Colombia
$2.3M
Re Wild · Austin, TX · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$2.0M
Re Wild · Austin, TX · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$2.0M
Nature Conservancy of Canada · 2022
Boreal Wildlands
$1.9M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Coyne creek land conservation
$1.1M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Belize Maya Forest, Trout Creek, Colombian Llanos, wil
$1.0M
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
Captial campaign
$970,052
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Andes Amazon Fund capacity building
$800,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$750,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022
Fy2022
$711,000
Re Wild · Arlington, VA · 2023
Oncafari and Pantanal
$685,736
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Andes Amazon Fund capacity building
$573,234
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2023
PCA projects Peru and Comet
$555,000
Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$500,000
Cuenca Los Ojos · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$500,000
The Nature Conservancy - Co · Boulder, CO · 2022
Southern High Plains Initiative
$500,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2022
Capital Campaign for Lafayette facility
$460,000
Osa Conservation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$450,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$400,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Science Action Center
$350,000
Rare · Washington, DC · 2023
Belize
$320,000
Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2022
Secretariat / Partners in Brazil and Colombia
$305,000
Friends of Birdlife International · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$300,000
Driftless Area Land Conservancy · Dodgeville, WI · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$280,000
Oregon Desert Land Trust · Bend, OR · 2024
Trout Creek stewardship endowment
$275,000
One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$275,000
One Hundred Miles · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$275,000
One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$250,000
Manomet · Jackson, NH · 2023
shorebird recovery
$250,000
The Prairie Enthusiasts · Tiger, GA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$250,000
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation · Huntington, VT · 2022
Land Preservation
$250,000
Manomet · Manomet, MA · 2022
Shorebird Recovery
$250,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Herencia Platform
$200,000
Osa Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$200,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Keller Science Action Center / Latin America
$200,000
The Field Museum · St Simons Island, GA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$200,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2022
Conservation Corps
$200,000
Osa Conservation · Washington, DC · 2022
Amistosa Corridor
$150,000
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$150,000
Borderlands Restoration Network · Patagonia, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$150,000
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$150,000
Cuenca Los Ojos · Patagonia, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$135,000
The Orianne Society · Tiger, GA · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$135,000
The Orianne Society · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$135,000
The Orianne Society · Tiger, GA · 2022
Longleaf Stewardship Center
$125,000
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$125,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$115,000
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Sustainable Grazing Network in MX / Roadmap
$100,000
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Sustainable Grazing Network in MX
$100,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$100,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Belize Maya Forest
$100,000
Pathfinders · Killingworth, CT · 2022
Boy Scouts Deer Lake Camp
$90,000
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Suppport for Chihuahua Conservation
$75,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Birdnote · Asheville, NC · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Birdnote · Asheville, NC · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Audubon Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Birdnote · Asheville, NC · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$40,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
Tigers in the Russian Far East
$30,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation · Brunswick, GA · 2024
Stewards of the GA Coast operating expenses
$30,000
Oncafari Association · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Cal-Wood Education Center · Jamestown, CO · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Island Press · Baraboo, WI · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Austin, TX · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Citizens for Conservation · Barrington, IL · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$30,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$25,000
Efi Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$25,000
International Crane Foundation · Bend, OR · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$25,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Manomet, MA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$25,000
Openlands · Brunswick, GA · 2023
Avian Listening Project
$25,000
Wttw · Washington, DC · 2023
American Buffalo
$25,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$25,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$20,000
Grey Matters Project · Savannah, GA · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$20,000
Grey Matters Project · Savannah, GA · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$20,000
Legado Initiative · Keystone, CO · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$20,000
Grey Matters Project · Savannah, GA · 2022
The Current
$20,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Cal-Wood Education Center · Jamestown, CO · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Keystone Science School · Keystone, CO · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Keystone Science School · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Viroqua, WI · 2023
Unrestricted Charitable Gift
$15,000
Cal-Wood Education Center · Jamestown, CO · 2022
Unrestricted Charitable Gift

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