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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
9 funders with a record of paying for “acreage”
Where the money went
The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable TrustCrystal Lake, IL
3 matching grants · $37,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to Wild Animal Sanctuary — provide funds to help support and maintain more than 450 lions tigers bears leopards mountain lions wolves & other large carnivores; it is the largest carnivore sanctuary in the wo…
Largest: $142,000 to ARIZONA LAND AND WATER TRUST — acquiring additional acreage at sopori creek and farm
Largest: $10,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN FLORIDA — acquire protected acreage fl panther & wildlife
Largest: $25,000 to ONE HEALTH — hardin acreage planning
Largest: $230,000 to WESTMORELAND LAND TRUST — to acquire additional acreage adjacent to the st. xavier nature preserve in westmoreland county south of latrobe
Largest: $100,000 to LAKEVIEW CHURCH — to purchase additional acreage in vernon, tx
Largest: $100,000 to INDUSTRIAL PARK AT TRANSALTA — to assist with job creation and community development to serve the unmet need for large acreage, large volume, water, electricity and rail access customers
Largest: $56,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — indiana land & water preservation annual support; big walnut conservation area acreage
Largest: $30,000 to ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION — to provide partial purchase funds for land or buildings thereon, or costs incurred for such purchase, either for acreage in hamilton or wenham
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →