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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 “bison”
Where the money went
Largest: $500,000 to BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND — bison children's scholarship fund k-8 scholarship support
Largest: $234,500 to BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND — bison k-8 scholarship support
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $171,738 · through 2024Largest: $21,186 to Southern Plains Land Trust — toward hiring contract labor to install wildlife-friendly, bison fencing for new acres of habitat acquired for the bison conservation herd of the southern plains land trust.
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $62,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC — support rewilding of ferrets, prairie dogs, and bison
The Childrens Scholarship FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $810,000 · through 2024Largest: $285,000 to The BISON Children's Scholarship Fund Inc — to provide partial scholarship awards to children from low-income families
Largest: $15,000 to Bison Children's Scholarship Fund — scholarship fund
Largest: $10,000 to Bison Fund — scholarships for poor children
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2021Largest: $573,882 to Chicago Zoological Society — bison circle membership support - annual fund (waive tangible benefits), general operating support, where most need. support for zoo adventure passport program. contribution to the…
Largest: $150,000 to BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — bison fund 2022-2026
Community Foundation for Greater BuffaloBuffalo, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $347,100 · through 2024Largest: $153,500 to THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND — unrestricted use; endowment campaign; capital campaign; scholarships; 2022 luncheon
Largest: $50,000 to BISONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — to provide free and dedicated access to the roller rink at canalside to children in wny in partnership with project play wny.
Largest: $10,000 to BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND — to support their misson
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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 →