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12 funders with a record of paying for “calf”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to COLORADO AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — the colorado agricultural leadership foundation (calf) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to connecting people of all ages and abilities to agriculture through authen…
Largest: $14,070 to PORTAGE COUNTY HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION — support for 2 calf grants, 3 scholarships, concrete work and pizza party
Largest: $15,000 to INSTITUTO DE CONSERVACION DE BALLENAS (ICB) ARGENTINA — is poor body condition causing the high southern right whale calf mortality in peninsula
Largest: $10,000 to ABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE — 2023 calf festival
Largest: $10,000 to NORWALK RIVER VALLEY TRAIL — build and maintain a 30 mile ten-foot wide multi-use trail from calf pasture beach in norwalk passing through wilton,ridgefield and redding terminating at rogers park in danbury
Largest: $750,000 to WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — charitable - to fund a chair in cow-calf management
Largest: $1,020 to AMARILLO TRI-STATE EXPO — calf scramble scholarship program
Largest: $1,400 to National Western Stock Show — to support the 2024-2025 catch-a-calf program for youth.
Largest: $300,000 to CALF - UNIVERSITY SUPPORT — annual support for four universities
Largest: $35,000 to THREE RING RANCH — rescue of zebra foals and bison calf
Largest: $25,000 to COLUMBIA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY — calf program-annual installment (1 of 4)
Largest: $30,000 to COWTOWN MARATHON INC — cowtown calf program
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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 →