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12 funders with a record of paying for “aquaculture”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation — to support the first year of scholarships for indigenous youth studying aquaculture
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $46,388 to Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center Inc — northeast conference & expo (nace); maine aquaculture research, development and education summit; catalyzing aquaculture business and workforce development in washington county, ma…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2023Largest: $650,000 to Meridian Institute — to further aquaculture dialogues by leading multisectoral engagement and coordination in the u.s. aquaculture space to foster productive cross-sectoral interactions. support for th…
Foundation for a Strong Maine EconomyAugusta, MECharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $706,638 · through 2024Largest: $234,776 to MAINE AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION — award to achieve accelerated growth and investment in maine aquaculture programs
Largest: $50,000 to ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES — grounded in cross-sector partnerships, altasea's project blue education program was designed to teach young people, particularly students of color about california's greatest asset…
Largest: $9,000 to MINORITIES IN AQUACULTURE — provide more opportunities in aquaculture to minorities
Largest: $65,000 to Stronger America Through Seafood Inc — to develop and execute an aquaculture media strategy based upon the creation and broad distribution of educational materials that constitute nonpartisan analysis, study, or researc…
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $126,936 · through 2023Largest: $49,896 to CEDAR KEY AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION INC — conservation activities
Bcs MarathonBryan, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $176,100 · through 2025Largest: $55,000 to Mercy Project Inc — the grant is to support mercy project's mission to encourage development within ghana in order to reduce the need for child slavery. the grant will help fund aquaculture projects o…
Triumph Gulf CoastTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.3M to FSU MARINE LAB — the grant will provide funding for the apalachicola bay system initiative (absi) and its efforts to obtain solutions to the ecosystem decline and to develop the strategic and imple…
Largest: $700,000 to CLARK UNIVERSITY — to complete a time-series set of coastal habitat conversion maps from 1999 to 2022 for 17 countries where shrimp aquaculture occurs.
Largest: $450,000 to AQUACULTURE TRUST LIMITED — in support of increasing the availability of affordable, nutritious aquatic foods sourced from local cooperatives for underserved kenyan school children
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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 →