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Wilburforce Foundation

Name: Wilburforce 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.

663
grants reported: $53.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

environmental conservation wildlife transboundary science habitat campaign capacity

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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.

8 grants matching “divide” · $820,000

$225,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - community-based, landscape-scale conservation in the high divide and crown of the continent 2024
$40,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Environmental - habitat conservation in the high divide 2024
$225,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - landscape scale conservation: high divide and crown of the continent
$110,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Environmental - wildlife and habitat protection in the high divide 2023
$75,000
Wild Montana · Helena, MT · 2023
Environmental - conservation in montana's high divide and inland temperate rainforest
$70,000
People and Carnivores · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Environmental - carnivore coexistence in the high divide 2023
$40,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Environmental - habitat conservation in the high divide 2023
$35,000
Future West · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Environmental - protecting landscapes and building conservation capacity in the high divide 2023

Top recipients

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

Makeway Foundation14 grants · $2.9M
The Wilderness Society18 grants · $2.3M
Training Resources for the Environmental Community10 grants · $2.2M
New Venture Fund14 grants · $1.8M
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society16 grants · $1.6M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors2 grants · $1.4M
University of Washington11 grants · $1.2M
Sky Island Alliance9 grants · $938,600
Together Rising As An Environmental Community3 grants · $895,000
Wildlands Network8 grants · $884,500

Giving over time

$16.8M

2022

$19.3M

2023

$17.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 663 grants.

$1.3M
Makeway Foundation · 2023
Environmental - wilburforce canadian conservation fund
$800,000
Together Rising As An Environmental Community · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental - general support 2024
$800,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental - training resources for the environmental community 2023
$800,000
Training Resources for the Environmental Community · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Environmental - general support 2023
$633,333
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental
$633,333
Training Resources for the Environmental Community · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Environmental
$633,000
Training Resources for the Environmental Community · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Environmental
$264,000
Makeway Foundation · 2024
Environmental - wilburforce canadian conservation fund
$250,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Environmental - general support 2024
$250,000
Heart of the Rockies Initiative · Missoula, MT · 2024
Environmental - general support 2024
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - alaska venture fund
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - salmonstate: transboundary conservation
$250,000
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Environmental - general support 2024
$250,000
Heart of the Rockies Initiative · Missoula, MT · 2023
Environmental - general support 2023
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - salmonstate: transboundary conservation
$250,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - indigenous-led conservation: policy and capacity
$250,000
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative US · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Environmental - project implementation and organizational capacity support 2023
$250,000
Heart of the Rockies Initiative · Missoula, MT · 2022
Environmental
$250,000
Makeway Foundation · 2022
Environmental
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental
$250,000
Spruce Root · Juneau, AK · 2022
Environmental
$250,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental
$240,000
Wildlands Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Environmental - southwest crescent program 2024
$240,000
Wildlands Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Environmental - southwest crescent program 2023
$240,000
Wildlands Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Environmental
$240,000
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative US · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Environmental
$225,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - community-based, landscape-scale conservation in the high divide and crown of the continent 2024
$225,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - landscape scale conservation: high divide and crown of the continent
$210,000
The Governors of the University of Alberta · 2024
Environmental - beacons project support 2024
$208,000
Sky Island Alliance · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Environmental - general support 2023
$200,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2024
Environmental - bc conservation opportunities
$200,000
Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation · 2024
Environmental - great bear sea project finance for permanence
$200,000
Sky Island Alliance · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Environmental - general support 2024
$200,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2023
Environmental - bc conservation opportunities
$200,000
Conservation Lands Foundation · Durango, CO · 2023
Environmental - blm public lands rule
$200,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Environmental - general support 2023
$200,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - alaska venture fund
$200,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2022
Environmental
$200,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Environmental
$200,000
Makeway Foundation · 2022
Environmental
$200,000
Sky Island Alliance · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Environmental
$190,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2024
Environmental - land use planning in the yukon 2024
$190,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - protecting americas arctic
$190,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2023
Environmental - land use planning in the yukon
$190,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - imago initiative and arctic conservation science
$185,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2022
Environmental
$180,000
Ecoadapt · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Environmental - general operations and climate adaptation implementation support
$180,000
Headwaters Economics · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Environmental - economics support for conservation
$180,000
Ecoadapt · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
Environmental - general operations and climate adaptation implementation support
$180,000
Headwaters Economics · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Environmental - economics support for conservation
$180,000
Headwaters Economics · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Environmental
$180,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental
$175,000
Compass Science Communication · Clackamas, OR · 2024
Environmental - general support
$175,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - transboundary crown conservation initiative 2024
$175,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - salmonstate: tongass conservation
$175,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Environmental - transboundary rivers science and policy project 2024
$175,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental - transboundary research scientist
$175,000
Wildsight · 2024
Environmental - rocky and columbia mountains corridor 2024
$175,000
Compass Science Communication · Clackamas, OR · 2023
Environmental - general support
$175,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - transboundary crown conservation initiative 2023
$175,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Environmental - transboundary rivers science and policy project 2023
$175,000
Wildsight · 2023
Environmental - rocky and columbia mountains corridor
$175,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental
$165,000
Wildsight · 2022
Environmental
$160,000
Outdoor Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - general support
$160,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental - habitat connectivity in a changing climate, support for blueprint for a resilient cascadia
$160,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental - habitat connectivity in a changing climate, support for blueprint for a resilient cascadia
$160,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Environmental
$160,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environmental
$155,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Environmental - skeenawild conservation trust: skeena watershed conservation
$155,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2023
Environmental - skeenawild conservation trust: skeena watershed conservation
$150,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - arctic defense campaign
$150,000
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2024
Environmental - seacoast indigenous guardians network
$150,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental - coexistence with wildlife and mexican wolf recovery 2024
$150,000
Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources · Madison, WI · 2024
Environmental - crown of the continent institute
$150,000
Makeway Charitable Society · 2024
Environmental - rainforest solutions implementation project and kwiakah first nation
$150,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Environmental - law and policy projects
$150,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2024
Environmental - wilburforce strategic priorities for the nwsw region 2024
$150,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - transboundary conservation and transition minerals
$150,000
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2023
Environmental - seacoast indigenous guardians network
$150,000
Compass Science Communication · Clackamas, OR · 2023
Environmental - wf leaders in science
$150,000
Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - tribal nations climate and conservation pledge and funding collaborative
$150,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental - blm public lands rule campaign
$150,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Environmental - law and policy projects
$150,000
Utah Dine Bikeyah · Bluff, UT · 2023
Environmental - general support 2023
$150,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2023
Environmental - wilburforce strategic priorities for the nwsw region 2023
$150,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental
$150,000
Nature Conservancy of Canada · 2022
Environmental
$150,000
The Conservation Alliance · Windsor, CO · 2022
Environmental
$150,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Environmental
$150,000
Utah Din Bikyah · Bluff, UT · 2022
Environmental
$150,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2022
Environmental
$140,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024
Environmental - tongass conservation
$140,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Environmental - promoting structural changes in government decisionmaking to safeguard our democracy, public health, and the environment
$140,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental - a climate vulnerability assessment framework for data-poor species
$140,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Environmental - tongass conservation
$140,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Environmental - promoting structural changes in government decisionmaking to safeguard our democracy, public health, and the environment
$140,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022
Environmental
$140,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Environmental
$135,000
Simon Fraser University · 2024
Environmental - taku to transboundary: collaborative science to advance watershed resilience

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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.