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12 funders with a record of paying for “birding”
Where the money went National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Ducks Unlimited Inc: $12M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Volgenau Foundation → The Nature Conservancy of California: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund → Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center: $1.2M across 49 grants, latest 2024 American Bird Conservancy → The Nature Conservancy: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Nature Conservancy → Point Reyes Bird Observatory: $695K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Knobloch Family Foundation → Pheasants Forever Inc and Quail Forever: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Revive & Restore → University of Southern California: $460K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → National Audubon Society Inc: $233K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → National Audubon Society Inc - Center for Birds of Prey: $210K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Pat Palmer Foundation Inc → American Bird Conservancy for Blue Throated Macaws: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Natural Resources Foundation of → Lake Michigan Bird Observatory: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund → Pelican Harbor Seabird Station: $33K across 3 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → American Bird Conservancy: $5.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → Iup Research Institute: $799K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Knobloch Family Foundation → Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: $561K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Nature Conservancy → Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: $535K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Revive & Restore → Children's Hospital of Los Angeles: $303K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Volgenau Foundation → Audubon California A State Program of the National Audubon Society: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Flamingo Gardens Inc: $130K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Pat Palmer Foundation Inc → American Bird Conservancy for Lear's Macaw: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Empowers Africa Inc: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Natural Resources Foundation of → Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund → Center for Great Apes: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Department of the Interior Us Fish and Wildlife Service: $3.7M across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → Worman Forest Management LLC: $753K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Knobloch Family Foundation → Colorado State University: $416K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Revive & Restore → Ohio State University: $261K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Nature Conservancy → American Bird Conservancy: $250K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Volgenau Foundation → Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute: $205K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → The Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Pat Palmer Foundation Inc → Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Natural Resources Foundation of → Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund → The Turtle Hospital: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Pheasants Forever Inc: $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → American Rivers Inc: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → Worman Forest Management: $608K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → The Nature Conservancy: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Mississippi River Trust: $449K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Sandhills Task Force (Keep): $420K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → State of Hawaii: $416K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Hui O Hoohonua: $390K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Knobloch Family Foundation → Friends of Birdlife International Inc: $373K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Bird Conservancy → Georgetown University: $357K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Bird Conservancy → State of Hawaii: $336K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → Hawaii Department of Lands and Natural Resources: $328K across 1 grant, latest 2021 American Bird Conservancy → Iup Research Institute: $318K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Knobloch Family Foundation → Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory: $310K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Bird Conservancy → Conversant Solutions LLC: $302K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Winnett Aces Inc: $292K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Coastal Prairie Conservancy: $286K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → University of Pittsburgh: $274K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → Gulf Coast Bird Observatory: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Knobloch Family Foundation → American Bird Conservancy: $243K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Knobloch Family Foundation → The Institute for Bird Populations: $240K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Bird Conservancy → Ocean Tech Services LLC: $239K across 2 grants, latest 2024 American Bird Conservancy → Forest Stewards Guild: $231K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute: $221K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Bird Conservancy → Rainforest Trust: $209K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc: $201K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $30M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $30M American Bird Conservancy: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. American Bird Conservancy $6.7M The Knobloch Family Foundation: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Knobloch Family Foundation $2.7M The Volgenau Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Volgenau Foundation $1.7M The Nature Conservancy: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Nature Conservancy $1.5M The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Administrators of the Tul… $1.2M Revive & Restore: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Revive & Restore $1.0M Knopf Family Foundation Inc: $420K on this topic. Open the funder. Knopf Family Foundation Inc $420K The Chicago Community Trust: $360K on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $360K The Pat Palmer Foundation Inc: $245K on this topic. Open the funder. The Pat Palmer Foundation Inc $245K Natural Resources Foundation of: $99K on this topic. Open the funder. Natural Resources Foundation… $99K Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund: $41K on this topic. Open the funder. Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust… $41K Ducks Unlimited Inc: received $12M on this topic Ducks Unlimited Inc $12M American Bird Conservancy: received $5.4M on this topic American Bird Conservancy $5.4M Department of the Interior Us Fish and Wildlife Service: received $3.7M on this topic Department of the Interior Us F… $3.7M Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory: received $2.2M on this topic Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory $2.2M Pheasants Forever Inc: received $1.9M on this topic Pheasants Forever Inc $1.9M The Nature Conservancy of California: received $1.3M on this topic The Nature Conservancy of Calif… $1.3M Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center: received $1.2M on this topic Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center $1.2M The Nature Conservancy: received $1.1M on this topic The Nature Conservancy $1.1M Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: received $1.0M on this topic Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory… $1.0M American Rivers Inc: received $1.0M on this topic American Rivers Inc $1.0M Iup Research Institute: received $799K on this topic Iup Research Institute $799K Worman Forest Management LLC: received $753K on this topic Worman Forest Management LLC $753K Point Reyes Bird Observatory: received $695K on this topic Point Reyes Bird Observatory $695K Worman Forest Management: received $608K on this topic Worman Forest Management $608K Pheasants Forever Inc and Quail Forever: received $600K on this topic Pheasants Forever Inc and Quail… $600K Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: received $561K on this topic Bird Conservancy of the Rockies $561K Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: received $535K on this topic Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc $535K The Nature Conservancy: received $500K on this topic The Nature Conservancy $500K University of Southern California: received $460K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $460K Mississippi River Trust: received $449K on this topic Mississippi River Trust $449K Sandhills Task Force (Keep): received $420K on this topic Sandhills Task Force (Keep) $420K State of Hawaii: received $416K on this topic State of Hawaii $416K Colorado State University: received $416K on this topic Colorado State University $416K Hui O Hoohonua: received $390K on this topic Hui O Hoohonua $390K Friends of Birdlife International Inc: received $373K on this topic Friends of Birdlife Internation… $373K Georgetown University: received $357K on this topic Georgetown University $357K State of Hawaii: received $336K on this topic State of Hawaii $336K Hawaii Department of Lands and Natural Resources: received $328K on this topic Hawaii Department of Lands and… $328K Iup Research Institute: received $318K on this topic Iup Research Institute $318K Children's Hospital of Los Angeles: received $303K on this topic Children's Hospital of Los Ange… $303K Conversant Solutions LLC: received $302K on this topic Conversant Solutions LLC $302K Winnett Aces Inc: received $292K on this topic Winnett Aces Inc $292K Coastal Prairie Conservancy: received $286K on this topic Coastal Prairie Conservancy $286K University of Pittsburgh: received $274K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $274K San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory: received $270K on this topic San Francisco Bay Bird Observat… $270K Ohio State University: received $261K on this topic Ohio State University $261K Gulf Coast Bird Observatory: received $250K on this topic Gulf Coast Bird Observatory $250K Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust: received $250K on this topic Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust $250K American Bird Conservancy: received $243K on this topic American Bird Conservancy $243K The Institute for Bird Populations: received $240K on this topic The Institute for Bird Populati… $240K Ocean Tech Services LLC: received $239K on this topic Ocean Tech Services LLC $239K National Audubon Society Inc: received $233K on this topic National Audubon Society Inc $233K Forest Stewards Guild: received $231K on this topic Forest Stewards Guild $231K Audubon California A State Program of the National Audubon Society: received $225K on this topic Audubon California A State Prog… $225K Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute: received $221K on this topic Indiana University of Pennsylva… $221K National Audubon Society Inc - Center for Birds of Prey: received $210K on this topic National Audubon Society Inc -… $210K Rainforest Trust: received $209K on this topic Rainforest Trust $209K Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute: received $205K on this topic Smithsonian Conservation Biolog… $205K Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc: received $201K on this topic Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc $201K Flamingo Gardens Inc: received $130K on this topic Flamingo Gardens Inc $130K American Bird Conservancy for Blue Throated Macaws: received $100K on this topic American Bird Conservancy for B… $100K American Bird Conservancy for Lear's Macaw: received $80K on this topic American Bird Conservancy for L… $80K The Conservancy of Southwest Florida: received $80K on this topic The Conservancy of Southwest Fl… $80K Empowers Africa Inc: received $77K on this topic Empowers Africa Inc $77K Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center: received $65K on this topic Schubot Exotic Bird Health Cent… $65K Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving: received $50K on this topic Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird C… $50K Lake Michigan Bird Observatory: received $45K on this topic Lake Michigan Bird Observatory $45K Pelican Harbor Seabird Station: received $33K on this topic Pelican Harbor Seabird Station $33K Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance: received $29K on this topic Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance $29K Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership: received $26K on this topic Wisconsin Bird Conservation Par… $26K Center for Great Apes: received $4K on this topic Center for Great Apes $4K The Turtle Hospital: received $4K on this topic The Turtle Hospital $4K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “birding” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $120,579 to Gulf Coast Bird Observatory — bird conservation
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Largest: $2.2M to AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY — protecting hawaii's forest birds & dry landscapes
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Largest: $74,422 to MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER — subcontract grant award
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Largest: $25,000 to LAKE MICHIGAN BIRD OBSERVATORY — to form and develop a partnership to achieve urban bird treaty city designation, which will serve as an organizing point for siloed organizations and an opportunity to coordinate b…
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Largest: $55,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC - CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY — for endangering bird rescue, medical treatment, medical supplies, food for the rescued birds and aviary repairs (perching, wood replacement and critter proofing)
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Largest: $534,775 to BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC — conservation activities
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Largest: $50,000 to AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY — saving imperiled birds in the west through research, habitat restoration, and stewardship
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Largest: $243,105 to American Bird Conservancy — conservation- birds plus index using birds as a biodiversity measure
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Largest: $38,500 to Empowers Africa Inc — contribution for the kenew yorka bird of prey trust in support of the guidelines for conducting wildlife research in kenew yorka project. support of tsavo trust. support of kenew y…
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Largest: $64,500 to SCHUBOT EXOTIC BIRD HEALTH CENTER — care of parrots
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Largest: $459,800 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — grant payments for scientific research for biotech for bird conservation program
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Largest: $12,000 to PELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION — support of animals and birds
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