Funding search · EIN 826893331 · Wilmington, DE

Donald J Slavik Family 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.

100
grants reported
$10.3M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

conservationlionwildlifecarnivorecatscentercoexistenceafrican

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Top recipients

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  • Nature Conservancy7 grants · $1.0M
  • Wildlife Conservation Network7 grants · $690,000
  • Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative6 grants · $529,750
  • The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $520,000
  • Empowers Africa2 grants · $515,000
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors3 grants · $500,000
  • National Philanthropic Trust2 grants · $492,950
  • Panthera Corporation3 grants · $400,000
  • African Parks Foundation of America3 grants · $394,000
  • Ocean Conservancy3 grants · $374,010

Giving over time

$1.8M
2021
$2.6M
2022
$2.6M
2023
$3.2M
2024

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

  • $320,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021

    To support vital conservation

  • $315,000

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2024

    Lion Landscapes Fund

  • $292,950

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    the N.C. US 64 Wolf Crossing Project: Red Wolf Crossing Fund

  • $200,000

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    The Slavik Williams Charitable Fund

  • $200,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Funds for Zambia's Kafue-West Lunga Corridor

  • $200,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Shark Conservation Fund

  • $200,000

    Empowers Africa · New York, NY · 2023

    Lion Landscapes - Sustainable Growth of the Lion Landscapes programs

  • $200,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Florida Panther Protection fund

  • $175,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    HWY 3 Corridor Project

  • $152,000

    African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2021

    General

  • $150,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

    Lion Guardians - Work with Maasai/Carnivore Coexistence

  • $150,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Funds for Mainsteaming Food and Water Solutions Globally

  • $150,000

    Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2024

    Funds for Protecting Big Cats and Biodiversity of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, and Supporting the well-being and resilience of local communities

  • $150,000

    Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2024

    Funds for West Susitna River D/F: Block Highway Construction

  • $150,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    The Lion Recovery Fund with further support to Natura in Mozambique

  • $150,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    The Nature for Food Facility fund

  • $150,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    The Shark Conservation Fund

  • $150,000

    Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2023

    To protect the Susitna River watershed from the proposed West Susitna Industrial access road

  • $150,000

    Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2022

    Protecting the Big Cats and Biodiversity of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

  • $150,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    The Shark Conservation Fund

  • $150,000

    Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Bull River Linkage II Project

  • $150,000

    Panthera · New York, NY · 2021

    In support of the world's formost wild cat and law enforcement experts as they implement conservation programs to protect the future of wild cats

  • $150,000

    Shark Conservation Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    Shark conservation fund

  • $150,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Lion recovery fund

  • $147,000

    Colorado State University Foundatio · Fort Collins, CO · 2021

    In support of their tradition of teaching, research and public service

  • $142,000

    African Parks Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Fund for Managing Large Carnivores in Majete Wildlife Reserve 2024

  • $140,380

    Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the Animal Impact Calculator Project

  • $133,630

    Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023

    to support the Pacific Northwest Ghost Gear Removal project

  • $130,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022

    Zambezi Valley Carnivore Preservation Project

  • $123,150

    Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024

    East Glacier Linkage Pjt: Connecting Vital Land Fund

  • $115,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Niassa Lion - Promoting Human Coexistence with Lions and other predators

  • $100,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    the Florida Wildlife Center - Florida Panther Project

  • $100,000

    Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    PNW Ghost Gear Removal Project

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Crossing Fund · Calabasas, CA · 2024

    National Wildlife Crossings Fund

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Guardians · Washington, DC · 2024

    Pride Alliance Fund

  • $100,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023

    The Wildlife Crossing Fund

  • $100,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023

    Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing fund

  • $100,000

    Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2023

    Protecting the Big Cats and Biodiversity of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

  • $100,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2023

    Conservation of Zambia's Kafue-West Lunga Corridor fund

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Lion Recovery Fund - Securing the protection area to promote lion recovery and expansion in the Zambeze Delta, Mozambique

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Niassa Lion - Niassa Carnivore Project

  • $100,000

    African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    Large Carnivores in Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi

  • $100,000

    African People & Wildlife Fund · Far Hills, NJ · 2022

    Conserving Large Carnivores in critical ecosystems in Tanzania

  • $100,000

    Friends of the Sea Lion Inc - Pacific Marine Mamma · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022

    Education Center fund

  • $100,000

    Future West · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Next Era of Grizzly Bear Conservation in the High Divide fund

  • $100,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Mining Rights for the Crevice Mountain Mine

  • $100,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Regenerative Food Systems

  • $100,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Florida Panther Project

  • $100,000

    Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    Bear Pond Forest

  • $100,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022

    Lion Landscapes - Coexistence in Kenya and Tanzania

  • $100,000

    The Saint Louis Zoo Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Botswana Center for African Painted Dogs

  • $100,000

    Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Bismark Meadows Capstone

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Lion Recovery Fund

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Recovering the Tree-Climbing Lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

  • $100,000

    Pacific Marine Mammal Center · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021

    Next wave capital campaign

  • $100,000

    Saint Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2021

    Jeffrey p. Bonner, ph.d., conservation fund

  • $100,000

    Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2021

    To support wildlife conservations

  • $100,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2021

    Saving wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature

  • $97,350

    Re Wild · Austin, TX · 2021

    Protecting and restoring the wild

  • $95,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Science Investigation - I-90 Migration Study fund

  • $93,675

    Wild Canid Survival & Research Center · Eureka, MO · 2023

    for the purchase of two vehicles

  • $90,000

    Wildlife Guardians · Washington, DC · 2023

    Pride Alliance - 2 annual member meetings and 4 member exchange visits

  • $80,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

    Zambezi River Valley Carnivore Preservation Project

  • $80,000

    Wild Entrust International · Sammamish, WA · 2023

    Bio Boundary Project for African Painted Dog Project

  • $80,000

    Wildlife Guardians · Washington, DC · 2023

    WE Africa - Developing Women Leaders in Africa fund

  • $80,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    BC's Highway 3 - Reconnecting the Rockies fund

  • $78,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    McArthur Lake fund

  • $75,000

    Wild Canid Survival & Research Center · Eureka, MO · 2024

    Funds for Animal Refrigerator Unit

  • $75,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Niassa Lion - Human/Carnivore Coexistence

  • $70,300

    Kopelion · New York, NY · 2022

    Expand program management into Kakesio area

  • $60,000

    The Honeyguide Foundation · 2021

    General

  • $51,750

    Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Repair and extend US-95 fencing to improve safe wildlife passage in northern Idaho

  • $50,000

    Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Grizz Conflict Reduction: Funding Programs Across Ecosystem

  • $50,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Merrifield, VA · 2024

    Recover of CO Wolves/Conflict Program

  • $50,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

    Funds for Ending Bushmeat Hunting, Consumption, and Trade in African Golden Cats

  • $50,000

    Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Funds for study support regarding I-90 over pass project

  • $50,000

    Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2023

    Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence - Fighting Cheetah trafficking in the horn of Africa - expanding work to Ethiopia

  • $50,000

    Maliasili Initiatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023

    Recovery of Colorado Wolves/Conflict Program

  • $50,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Cheetah Conservation Botswana - for Purpose of Conserving cheetah and other carnivores through human/WL conflict management in the western Kalahari

  • $50,000

    Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2022

    Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence - Cheetah Conservation in Somaliland

  • $50,000

    Florida Wildlife Corridor · St Petersburg, FL · 2022

    Art Plus Science Florida Wildlife Corridor Education Curriculum

  • $50,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022

    Pigs and Smiles: local solutions to protect African Golden Cats

  • $50,000

    Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2022

    restore the Snake River and it's salmon

  • $50,000

    Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2022

    Protecting the Susitna Watershed in Alaska

  • $50,000

    Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2021

    To support the research activities of the cougar research collaborative

  • $50,000

    Save Our Wild Salmon · Seattle, WA · 2021

    General

  • $40,000

    Kopelion · New York, NY · 2023

    Educating Primary School Children about Coexisting with lions

  • $30,000

    Entertainment 2 Affect Change · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Connecting the Grizzly program

  • $30,000

    Sherwood Forest Camp · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Sherwood Forest Camp · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To help kids discover the best in themselves through the life-changing experience of camp and impactful programs that empower them to reach for their dreams

  • $25,000

    Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023

    Pigs and Smiles: local solutions to protect African golden cats fund

  • $20,000

    African Conservation Centre US · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Convening Southern Rangelands Coalition (SRC) and hosting monthly meetings for the conservation and knowledge hub

  • $10,000

    Wild Canid Survival & Research Center · Eureka, MO · 2023

    Signage on Vans fund

  • $10,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    In support of their educational and enrichment progams

  • $10,000

    Pasadena Humane · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Funds designated towards wildlife center to further their mission of leading the way toward a compassionate and caring community for all animals

  • $7,500

    Consultative Group On Biological Diversity · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,578

    Donald Slavik Family Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2021

    General

  • $1,478

    Wildlife Protection Solutions · Golden, CO · 2024

    Funds for WCC Conference

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