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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.

2 funders with a record of paying for “conservationeducation”

Where the money went

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Sea Turtle Conservancy → Florida State Parks Found: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gardner Foundation Incorporated → Olmsted Parks Conservancy Inc: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Sea Turtle Conservancy → Miami-Dade County Parks Recreation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gardner Foundation Incorporated → Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gardner Foundation Incorporated → Yew Dell Botanical Gardens: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gardner Foundation Incorporated → Waterfront Botanical Gardens: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sea Turtle Conservancy: $67K on this topic. Open the funder.Sea Turtle Conservancy$67KGardner Foundation Incorporated: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Gardner Foundation Incorporat…$25KFlorida State Parks Found: received $42K on this topicFlorida State Parks Found$42KMiami-Dade County Parks Recreation: received $25K on this topicMiami-Dade County Parks Recreat…$25KOlmsted Parks Conservancy Inc: received $10K on this topicOlmsted Parks Conservancy Inc$10KBernheim Arboretum and Research Forest: received $7K on this topicBernheim Arboretum and Research…$7KYew Dell Botanical Gardens: received $5K on this topicYew Dell Botanical Gardens$5KWaterfront Botanical Gardens: received $3K on this topicWaterfront Botanical Gardens$3K
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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 →