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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 “buffer”
Where the money went
Western Pennsylvania ConservancyPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $236,786 to STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — riparian forest buffer planting
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2023Largest: $1.4M to STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — protect lancaster streams via riparian buffers pa
Virginia Environmental EndowmentRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION — buffer restoration in the upper james river watershedphase 2
Watersheds United VermontMontpelier, VTCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $503,698 · through 2024Largest: $259,906 to LEWIS CREEK ASSOCIATION — watershed planning buffer planting
Largest: $450,000 to RAINFOREST EXPEDITIONS — to support the conservation of tambopata national reserve and its buffer zone through ecotourism and citizen science research in the peruvian amazon.
Largest: $260,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE — design fodder-based working stream buffer as prerequisite for post-grant approval and installation on penn vet campus
Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $88,298 · through 2023Largest: $25,053 to Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay — accelerating riparian forest buffer implementation in priority pennsylvania counties
Largest: $10,000 to UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — expanding the myco-phytomediation research plots at the shelburne farms riparian buffers leading to orchard cove.
The Oak Hill FundCharlottesville, VA
4 matching grants · $235,000 · through 2023Largest: $85,000 to JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION — with partners (riparian buffer consortium, living shoreline collaborative, stormwater ms4 technical advisory committee, et al.), to continue work to meet the 2025 milestones in the…
Largest: $225,000 to Hoosier Environmental Council — continued support to reduce coal ash and farming pollution and preserve floodplains and wetlands by engaging in advocacy and public awareness; and to continue providing technical a…
Largest: $150,000 to WORLD WILDLIFE FUND — improving buffer zones in key watersheds to reduce agricultural run-off into the mesoamerican reef, 2023-2025
Largest: $50,000 to DUCKS UNLIMITED INC — buffers on delmarva
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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 →