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Nature Defense Foundation

Name: Nature Defense 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.

49
grants reported: $678,550
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

suppport

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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

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Wonder Dog Rescue2 grants · $285,400
Return To Freedom3 grants · $128,000
Friends of the Public Square1 grant · $25,000
Elephant Aid International1 grant · $25,000
Footloose Montana2 grants · $15,000
Riverkeepers2 grants · $15,000
Orville Schell Farms Preserve1 grant · $10,000
Defenders of Wildlife2 grants · $10,000
Wonderdog Rescue1 grant · $10,000
Miranda'S Rescue1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$149,000

2022

$306,440

2023

$223,110

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Wonder Dog Rescue · Hamburg, NY · 2024
To support exempt activities
$135,400
Wonder Dog Rescue · Hudson, NY · 2023
To support exempt activities
$50,000
Return To Freedom · Lompoc, CA · 2024
To support exempt activities
$50,000
Return To Freedom · Lompoc, CA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$28,000
Return To Freedom · Lompoc, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$25,000
Elephant Aid International · Attapulgas, GA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$25,000
Friends of the Public Square · Hudson, NY · 2023
To support exempt activities
$10,000
Orville Schell Farms Preserve · Fairfax, CA · 2024
To support exempt activities
$10,000
Footloose Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
To support exempt activities
$10,000
Miranda'S Rescue · Fortuna, CA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$10,000
Riverkeepers · Ossining, NY · 2023
To support exempt activities
$10,000
Wonderdog Rescue · Penngrove, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Center for Biological Research · Tucson, AZ · 2024
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Aina Momona · Kahului, HI · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Institute for Responsible Technology · Fairfield, IA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Maui Aloha · Wailuku, HI · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Maui Humane Society · Puunene, HI · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Spawn · Forest Knolls, CA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Wild Care · San Rafael, CA · 2023
To support exempt activities
$5,000
10 Million Trees · Bellingham, WA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Animal Legal Fund · Cotati, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Billion Oysters Project · New York, NY · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
California Plant Rescue · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Carbon 180 · Washington, MA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Columbia-Greene Humane Society · Hudson, NY · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Coral Reef Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Faunalytics · San Diego, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Footloose Montana · Missoula Mt, MT · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Great Whale Conservancy · Burnsville, NC · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Nonhuman Rights Project · Coral Springs, FL · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Peaceful Donkey Rescue · San Angelo, TX · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Resilient Power Puerto Rico · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Riverkeepers · Ossining, NY · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Save the Redwoods · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Sonoma Ecology Center · Eldrdige, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
University of Hawaii Plant Extinction Prevention Program · Honolulu, HI · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Wild Care · San Rafael, CA · 2022
To support exempt activities
$5,000
Wildlife Justice Commission (Friends of Wildlife Justice League) · Brodaway, NY · 2022
To support exempt activities
$1,710
New York Harbor Sailing Foundation · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
To support exempt activities
$1,040
Billion Oysters Project · New York, NY · 2023
To support exempt activities
$1,000
Rolda - Romanian League for Defense of Animals · Crofton, MD · 2024
To support exempt activities
$1,000
Humane Society International · Washington, DC · 2022
To suppport exempt activities
$400
Act Blue Charities · Somerville, MA · 2024
To support exempt activities

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