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12 funders with a record of paying for “caves”

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The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Cave Organization Inc: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023Lannan Foundation → Cave Canem: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd → Cave Creek Unified Education Found: $980K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Robert W Witter Family Foundation → Friends of the Environment Inc: $800K across 4 grants, latest 2025Cave Creek Rodeo Days → Town of Cave Creek: $457K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Wallace Foundation → Cave Canem Foundation Inc: $328K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wonderful Life Foundation → The Evans Scholars Foundation: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wallace Research Foundation → The Nature Conservancy - Tennessee: $229K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Heinz Endowments → Cave Canem Foundation Inc: $175K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Poetry Foundation → Cave Canem Foundation Inc: $160K across 3 grants, latest 2023Jrs Biodiversity Foundation → National Museums of Kenya: $84K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hunter Pryor Family Foundation → Ecclesia Cave Creek: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Cave Canem Foundation Inc: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Poetry Foundation → Cave Canem: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd → Cave Creek Museum: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lannan Foundation → National Book Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd → Cave Creek Rodeo Days: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd → Cave Creek Unified Education Founda: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd → Cave Creek Dark Sky: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$4.0MLannan Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Lannan Foundation$1.2MKiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Kiwanis Club of Carefree Bene…$1.1MThe Robert W Witter Family Foundation: $800K on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert W Witter Family Fo…$800KCave Creek Rodeo Days: $457K on this topic. Open the funder.Cave Creek Rodeo Days$457KThe Wallace Foundation: $328K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wallace Foundation$328KWonderful Life Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Wonderful Life Foundation$300KWallace Research Foundation: $229K on this topic. Open the funder.Wallace Research Foundation$229KThe Poetry Foundation: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.The Poetry Foundation$215KThe Heinz Endowments: $175K on this topic. Open the funder.The Heinz Endowments$175KJrs Biodiversity Foundation: $84K on this topic. Open the funder.Jrs Biodiversity Foundation$84KHunter Pryor Family Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder.Hunter Pryor Family Foundation$80KCave Canem Foundation Inc: received $2.2M on this topicCave Canem Foundation Inc$2.2MCave Organization Inc: received $2.1M on this topicCave Organization Inc$2.1MCave Canem: received $1.3M on this topicCave Canem$1.3MCave Creek Unified Education Found: received $980K on this topicCave Creek Unified Education Fo…$980KFriends of the Environment Inc: received $800K on this topicFriends of the Environment Inc$800KTown of Cave Creek: received $457K on this topicTown of Cave Creek$457KCave Canem Foundation Inc: received $328K on this topicCave Canem Foundation Inc$328KThe Evans Scholars Foundation: received $300K on this topicThe Evans Scholars Foundation$300KThe Nature Conservancy - Tennessee: received $229K on this topicThe Nature Conservancy - Tennes…$229KNational Museums of Kenya: received $84K on this topicNational Museums of Kenya$84KEcclesia Cave Creek: received $80K on this topicEcclesia Cave Creek$80KCave Creek Museum: received $32K on this topicCave Creek Museum$32KCave Creek Rodeo Days: received $27K on this topicCave Creek Rodeo Days$27KCave Creek Unified Education Founda: received $8K on this topicCave Creek Unified Education Fo…$8KNational Book Foundation: received $5K on this topicNational Book Foundation$5KCave Creek Dark Sky: received $4K on this topicCave Creek Dark Sky$4K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →