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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 “consevation”
Where the money went
Largest: $1,000 to GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSEV — environmental
Largest: $5,000 to YOSEMITE CONSEVANCY — cash support of charity general fund
Largest: $1,967 to Southeast Alaska Consevation Council — to preserve the tongassnatl forest,inside passageand alaska way of life
United States Endowment for ForestryGreenville, SCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $37,134 · through 2024Largest: $37,134 to Bat Consevation Interntional — innovative finance
Largest: $5,000 to FINS ATTACHED MARINE RESEARCH AND C — marine research and consevation
Largest: $1,000 to Sea Turtle Consevancy — general contribut
National Association ofWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND CONSEVATION DISTRICT — technical assistance
Largest: $20,237 to CENTRAL PARK CONSEVANCY — grant in support of the organization's ongoing operations.
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $8,600 · through 2023Largest: $8,600 to Rails to Trails Consevancy — for recipient's exempt purpose
Largest: $7,500 to MISSISSIPPI WILDLIFE FEDERATION — donation to help conseve mississippi's natural reources and protect wildlife legacy
Fayette Community FoundationLa Grange, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,150 · through 2022Largest: $6,150 to YOSEMITE CONSEVANCY — general support of the mission of the charity
Largest: $5,750 to DAHLEM CONSEVANCY — general operations
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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 →