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12 funders with a record of paying for “biodiversity”
Where the money went
Largest: $400,000 to NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — biodiversity & climate change
Largest: $25,000 to Program for Preserving the Natural World Inc — in support of the publication and dissemination of paired booklets, "how our health depends on biodiversity"how sustainable engineering solutions depend on biodiversity," on biodiv…
Largest: $100,000 to SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE — in support of its work "a biodiversity data pipeline for wetlands and waterbirds (birdie)"
Largest: $482,709 to LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — global expansion of chicago-led urban biodiversity research and conservation network
Largest: $101,412 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — support for an innovative research and capacity building program of the centre for biodiversity conservation (cbc) that will inform and establish evidence-based management of endan…
Sustainable Forestry InitiativeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $687,347 · through 2024Largest: $106,398 to NCASI FOUNDATION — forest conservation research. focus areas include biodiversity, water quality, and climate science.
Largest: $25,000 to FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA — strengthening the sustainability and resilience of livelihoods in agricultural landscapes and the biodiversity of the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua
Largest: $200,000 to NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — for phase 3 of the project to foster indigenous and local communities as equal partners in the conservation and sustainable management of amazon forests to conserve biodiversity, p…
Largest: $200,000 to CLIMATE CABINET EDUCATION — charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
National Council for Air and StreamCary, NCCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $266,954 to OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY — effects of riparian management on aquatic food webs and water quality; comparing wildlife and forest management effects on water quality and fish in headwaters ecosystems at hinkle…
Largest: $250,000 to CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (DBA BIODIVERSITY FUNDERS GROUP) — to support the development of a new collaborative philanthropic effort aimed at arresting and reversing biodiversity loss in the united states
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2022Largest: $453,735 to INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES — accelerate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon habitats globally; indo-burma iii small grant mechanism; iucn-ci biodiversity unit; africa oceans fellow; representat…
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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 →