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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.
12 funders with a record of paying for “ambiental”
Where the money went
Largest: $225,000 to Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente — to support research and analysis of the sustainability of brazilian public finance of energy and electrical sector development and capacity building among civil society organizatio…
Largest: $35,000 to SOCIEDAD PERUANA DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL — to support the development and dissemination of a study examining the peruvian government's decisions and their effects on environmental institutionality in peru.
Largest: $125,000 to CENTRO MEXICANO DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL AC — core support for research, advocacy, and strategic litigation to promote a framework for a pluricultural mexico based on the full participation of indigenous, campesino, and afro-m…
Largest: $120,000 to CENTRO MEXICANO PARA LA DEFENSA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE AC — conservation and science
Largest: $12,000 to INSTITUTO DE DERECHO AMBIENTAL (IDAMHO) — centinelas del agua por la restauracion del rio chamelecon/the sentinels of water for the restoration of the chamelecon river
Ncasi FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $865,862 to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC — retained structures forestry experiment (manipulating retained structures to improve wildlife value),technical work to improve the science and risk assessment processes in national…
Largest: $85,000 to JUSTICA AMBIENTAL — for its charitable project climate justice, land, and human rights
Largest: $450,000 to Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental — to create a lasting platform for responsible peruvian fisheries and build strong capacities for main stakeholders and knowledge sharing.
Largest: $40,000 to ASOCIACION CIVIL AMBIENTATE — ocean stewardship and research
Largest: $725,000 to CORPORACION FISCALIA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE (FIMA) — general operating support
National Council for Air and StreamCary, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $353,974 · through 2022Largest: $330,000 to NCASI FOUNDATION — technical work to improve the science and risk assessment process in national ambient air quality standards reviews; breeding, stopover, and wintering habit of birds; management se…
EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $610,000 · through 2024Largest: $185,000 to ASOCIACION INTERAMERICANA PARA LA DEFENSA DEL AMBIENTE (AIDA) — to support the mission of aida
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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 →