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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 “bobcat”
Where the money went
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $104,665 · through 2024Largest: $54,110 to BLOOMFIELD BOBCAT FOOTBALL BOOSTER CLUB — human services
Largest: $25,000 to THE WILDCAT SANCTUARY — fund bobcat habitats
Largest: $6,000 to BOBCAT BACKPACKS — grant to another 501(c)(3)
Thunderbird FoundationPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to PHOENIX BOBCATS TRACK AND FIELD CLUB — youth athletics
Largest: $10,000 to Dumas Bobcats Alumni Association — support scholarships / reduce educational disparities
Largest: $5,000 to BOBCAT LEGACY FOUNDATION INC — installation of new turf field at western dubuque high in epworth, ia
Largest: $5,000 to BOBCAT RELIEF FUND MSU IN BOZEMAN — food bank campaign
Largest: $100,000 to WESTERN PLAINS BOBCAT BEGINNINGS DAYCARE — rural public school district child care program grants
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of FloridaTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $114,000 · through 2021Largest: $68,000 to FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION — assessment of the epidemiology of a neuromuscular disorder impacting bobcats and the endangered florida panther phase 2
Theresa'S FundScottsdale, AZ
2 matching grants · $12,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to PHOENIX BOBCATS TRACK AND FIELD CLUB — general funding
Largest: $5,000 to FRONTIER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — bobcat athletic center
Largest: $5,640 to ABERDEEN BOBCAT BOOSTERS — uunrestricted support.
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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 →