Funding search · EIN 462927195 · Littleton, CO

The Ricketts Conservation Foundation

Name: The Ricketts Conservation 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.

14
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $43,568
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.

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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.

Grant history

All 14 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2023
Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.
$250,000
Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2022
Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.
$162,750
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Efforts to stop theYellowstone Boundary Gold Mine and protect native species
$109,860
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2023
Support use of forestsfor social equity andmanagement of climate change.
$55,693
University of Montana · Denver, CO · 2024
Fund research regardingnongame mammel and birdspecies.
$48,000
Friends of the Bridger-Teton · Jackson, WY · 2024
Promote the preservationand conservation of BTNF.Promote the preservation
$45,469
University of Colorado - Denver · Aurora, CO · 2024
Continue funding and researchrelated Yellowstone Ecosystem.
$41,666
Wyoming Wetlands Society · Jackson, WY · 2024
Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.
$36,531
University of Montana · Denver, CO · 2023
Fund research regardingnongame mammel and birdspecies.
$25,000
Sublette County Conservation District · Pinedale, WY · 2024
Sponsor and supportinvisible fence program.
$20,000
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Promote research relatedto Clark's Nutcrackerin Yellowstone NP.
$15,000
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Brighton, CO · 2023
Continued researchregarding bird population declinesand corrective actions.
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Brighton, CO · 2022
Continued researchregarding bird population declinesand corrective actions.
$2,000
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative · Jackson, WY · 2023
Sponsor 2023 Wildlifesymposium to promotewildlife conservation.

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