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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 “congo”
Where the money went
Largest: $460,900 to FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME — support for forest peoples land rights and landscape governance for ape conservation in lobeke national park, cameroon; messok-dja, republic of congo; kahuzi-biega national park, d…
Largest: $961,368 to EMPOWERS AFRICA — to support the general operations of virunga national park, democratic republic of congo.
Largest: $20,000 to BONOBO CONSERVATION INITIATIVE — protecting endangered bonobos (pan paniscus) and a critical biodiversity corridor in the congo rainforest (lilungu, tshuapa province, democratic republic of congo)
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $5.7M · through 2023Largest: $1.7M to Doctors Without Borders USA Inc — general operating support. support in response to ukraine crisis. to support medical care for global covid-19 patients, or where most needed. support for year end match, unrestrict…
Largest: $87,000 to ACT FOR CONGO — support for initiatives in eastern democratic republic of congo focusing on internally displaced persons from regional violence and the volcanic eruption of 2021 in goma.
Largest: $233,333 to PAN AFRICAN CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE — to conduct research, analysis, and training to educate and build the capacity of non-state actors (women, youth, smallholder farmers, local and indigenous communities) in south afr…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
6 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $280,000 to CONFERENCE OF MAJOR SUPERIORS COSUMADRC — to provide scholarships for 40 diocesan nuns from the democratic republic of congo through the higher catholic pedagogical institute
Largest: $15,000 to Congo Square Theatre — cash reserve challenge
Rainforest TrustWarrenton, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $269,658 to PANTHERA CORPORATION — support of the srisawat and khao slob non-hunting areas in thailand, the ogooue-leketi national park in the republic of congo, and for project feasibility studies
Largest: $40,000 to CONGO SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY — for the curriculum objectives residency enrichment (core) program and congo after school theatre (cast) program
Largest: $13.4M to MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC HYGIENE - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO — program support
Planet WomenBainbridge Island, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to CONGO EDUCATION PARTNERS — to provide university scholarships for women in the congo rainforest.
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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 →