Funding search · EIN 842556506 · Raleigh, NC

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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported
$2.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

cornelldelayedfarmersfurthergrazingmowingornithology

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Audubon South Carolina4 grants · $250,000
  • The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina4 grants · $237,000
  • International Crane Foundation4 grants · $225,000
  • The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee4 grants · $225,000
  • The Nature Conservancy in Ohio4 grants · $212,000
  • The Nature Conservancy - North Carolina Chapter4 grants · $212,000
  • Ducks Unlimited2 grants · $150,000
  • Auburn University Foundation2 grants · $147,369
  • Save the Manatee2 grants · $125,000
  • Auburn University Foundation1 grant · $83,760

Giving over time

$582,000
2022
$585,369
2023
$637,000
2024
$473,760
2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

  • $100,000

    Audubon South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee · Brentwood, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $87,000

    The Nature Conservancy - North Carolina Chapter · Durham, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $87,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2022

    General support

  • $87,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $83,760

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2025

    General support

  • $80,369

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Save the Manatee · Maitland, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $67,000

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $61,000

    Red Wolf Coalition · Columbia, NC · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Audubon South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Chesapeake Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Chesapeake Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy - North Carolina Chapter · Durham, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee · Brentwood, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Audubon South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Save the Manatee · Maitland, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy - North Carolina Chapter · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee · Brentwood, TN · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Audubon South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    Wolf Conservation Center · South Salem, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Nature Conservancy - North Carolina Chapter · Durham, NC · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Ohio · Dublin, OH · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee · Brentwood, TN · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Charleston Waterkeepers · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Grant to the Cornell Lab of ornithology to further the effort to work with farmers on sustainable grazing practices and delayed mowing.

  • $20,000

    Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes · Empire, MI · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Sea Turtle Patrol · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes · Empire, MI · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes · Empire, MI · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes · Empire, MI · 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.