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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 “botany”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.2M to CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — in support of the complete digitization and documentation of an extensive global collection of historical botany specimens.
Peacock FoundationCoral Gables, FL
2 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN — botany bootcamp field trip program
Largest: $3,000 to COASTAL MAINE BOTANIAL GARDENS — qualified charitable exempt purpose
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $461,243 · through 2022Largest: $461,243 to LEAH'S PANTRY — barrio botany urban school gardens
New Orleans Botanical Garden FoundationNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $73,539 · through 2023Largest: $73,539 to CITY PARK CONSERVANCY — to fund an endowment through the greater new orleans foundation that will, after five years, support activities that aim to develop a better understanding of the importance of bota…
Largest: $100,000 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — botany department discretionary funds
Community Foundation of GreaterJohnstown, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,500 · through 2022Largest: $11,500 to FRIENDS OF THE PORT ST LUCIE BOTANI — donor requested dist
Largest: $7,560 to Atlanta Botanial Garden — city parks alliance program
Largest: $2,000 to LILY FOSDICK — undergraduate tuition toward as degree in botany
Largest: $2,500 to CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to support book purchases needed for curation of the large botanical collection in the department of botany's herbarium.
Largest: $1,950 to HUGO VALDEBENITO — digitizing specimens with economic use in a small herbarium in ecuador: improvement to the herbarium of economic botany of ecuador (qusf)
Largest: $1,000 to TOHONO CHUL PARK — study of desert botany
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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 →