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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 “conch”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.1M to Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc — to support community-based queen conch aquaculture development on grand bahama
Lookout FoundationSummerland Key, FL
5 matching grants · $37,500 · through 2025Largest: $15,000 to CONCH REPUBLIC FOSTER CHILDREN'S FU — unrestricted charitable grant
Largest: $10,000 to CONCH REPUBLIC MARINE ARMY — general operating support
Largest: $15,000 to CONCH REPUBLIC FOSTER CHILDRENS FUN — family services
Largest: $50,000 to QUEEN CONCH AGUACULTURE — the purpose of queen conch aquaculture is to aid in the restoration of wild populations and provide a source of sustainable seafood to support caribbean communities that depend on …
Largest: $25,000 to FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — conch research
Zionsville Community DevelopmentZionsville, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $125,000 · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to TIPSY MERMAID CONCH HOUSE & COCKTAI — redevelopment
Largest: $50,000 to CONCH REPUBLIC MARINE ARMY — support for mission
Flushing Council On Culture and the ArtsFlushing, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $13,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS — go queens / community arts grant
Florida Humanities CouncilSt Petersburg, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to KEY WEST ART & HISTORICAL SOCIETY — food: conch cuisine exhibition
Alliance of Resident TheatresNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to Conch Shell Productions — general operating
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to JAMAICA CONCH RESTORATION PROJECT LTD — support of environmental programs
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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 →