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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 “backcountry”
Where the money went
Largest: $400,000 to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS — for general operating support
Largest: $50,000 to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS — environmental
Largest: $152,025 to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS — operating reserve fund
Largest: $75,000 to SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN — support backcountry endowment
Largest: $340,000 to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS — to strengthen community engagement in urban areas, habitat stewardship programming, and outreach strategies through increased staff alignment
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $162,231 · through 2024Largest: $70,280 to TEEWINOT INSTITUTE — slava topol project, teton backcountry alliance general operating
Largest: $25,000 to SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN INC — backcountry project
Largest: $15,000 to BACKCOUNTRY JAZZ CONCERTS — general operating
Veterans United FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $55,000 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS — armed forces initiative
Largest: $10,000 to BACKCOUNTRY MEDICAL GUIDES — general & unrestricted
Largest: $10,000 to MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASPEN — support search and rescue operations in the colorado backcountry
Western Conservation FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $337,600 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS — conservation educati
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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 →