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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 “apache”
Where the money went
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $97,500 · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to White Mountain Apache Tribe — to further the tribe's conservation goals to coexist with the mexican gray wolves by funding range riders who will work with the tribe's game and fish department and in coordinatio…
Inter Tribal Council of ArizonaPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2023Largest: $621,988 to SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE — passthru grant assistance
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $670,200 to YAVAPAI-APACHE NATION — conservation activities
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
5 matching grants · $750,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to JICARILLA APACHE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FEDERAL PROGRAMS — develop and implement an immersion language school for jicarilla apache native american children in new mexico that will focus on apache language and culture and include profession…
Friends of Apache JunctionApache Junction, AZCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $195,940 · through 2024Largest: $90,607 to CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION — community assistance
First Nations Development InstituteLongmont, COCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $183,086 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE — economic development
Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & MuseumsOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $171,857 · through 2023Largest: $35,460 to Fort Apache Heritage Foundation — provide education
Largest: $50,000 to WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE OF THE FORT APACHE RESERVATION ARIZONA — ndee bikiyaa (the people's farm) for indigenous youth
Largest: $200,000 to The Nature Conservancy - Arizona — support to pipe a portion of the eureka ditch above and through the yavapai-apache nation reservation and to implement an irrigation diversion dam redesign.
Center for Biological DiversityTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $282,000 · through 2024Largest: $72,000 to APACHE STRONGHOLD — support of mission
New Mexico Community FoundationSanta Fe, NMCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $149,740 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to JICARILLA APACHE NATION — 2024 implementation of department of youth art mural project
Largest: $30,000 to San Carlos Apache Catholic Community St Charles School — teach them apache language program 2023-2024
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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 →

