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The Kingfisher Foundation

Name: The Kingfisher Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

45
grants reported: $3.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Environmental Defense Fund2 grants · $381,250
University of Michigan Art Museum2 grants · $323,674
Internews Network2 grants · $300,000
California Water Data Consortium4 grants · $250,000
Union of Concerned Scientists1 grant · $250,000
Sustainable Conservation3 grants · $245,000
Ocean Conservancy2 grants · $223,832
Multiplier4 grants · $220,000
Resource Conservation District2 grants · $175,000
International Seafood Sustainabilit4 grants · $140,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2021

$798,194

2022

$524,574

2023

$810,311

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Oakland, CA · 2021
General Support
$248,100
University of Michigan Art Museum · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General Support
$240,625
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$150,000
Internews Network · Arcata, CA · 2022
General Support
$150,000
Internews Network · Arcata, CA · 2021
General Support
$140,625
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$138,690
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2021
General Support
$125,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
$115,000
Net Gains Alliance · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General Support
$111,916
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$111,916
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$110,211
Blakemore Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General Support
$100,000
California Water Data Consortium · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General Support
$100,000
Resource Conservation District · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2021
General Support
$90,000
Epic Environ Policy Innovation Cent · College Park, MD · 2023
General Support
$90,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
$75,574
University of Michigan Art Museum · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General Support
$75,000
San Mateo Resource Conservation Dis · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2024
General Support
$75,000
Resource Conservation District · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2022
General Support
$70,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
$60,000
International Seafood Sustainabilit · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$50,000
California Water Data Consortium · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General Support
$50,000
Bren School of Environmental Scienc · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Support
$50,000
California Water Data Consortium · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General Support
$50,000
California Water Data Consortium · Sacramento, CA · 2021
General Support
$50,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
$48,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
$47,458
Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Support
$47,458
Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General Support
$45,000
The Commons · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$42,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
$40,000
Epic Environ Policy Innovation Cent · College Park, MD · 2024
General Support
$40,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
$33,333
Seafood Harvesters of America · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$30,000
International Seafood Sustainabilit · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$30,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General Support
$30,000
International Seafood Sustainabilit · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$20,000
Public Policy Institute of Californ · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
$20,000
International Seafood Sustainabilit · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$17,445
Birdlife International · 2022
General Support
$17,444
Birdlife International · 2021
General Support
$15,000
San Mateo Resource Conservation Dis · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
General Support
$12,000
Public Policy Institute of Californ · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
$12,000
Blakemore Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General Support
$7,750
The Commons · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support

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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.