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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 “convervation”
Where the money went
Largest: $450,000 to WORKING DOGS FOR CONVERVATION FOUND — train conservation detection dogs and put them to work saving wildlife
The Landsberger FoundationWoodcliff Lake, NJ
3 matching grants · $65,000 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to GREATER NEWARK CONVERVANCY — grant for park
Largest: $5,000 to OCEAN CONVERVANCY — charitable contributions
The Abraham FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Boscobel — wildlife convervation
Largest: $40,000 to Brandywine Convervancy — to protects and conserves the land, water, natural, and cultural resources of the brandywine-christina watershed.
Largest: $2,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — convervation projects
Largest: $20,000 to Kennebunkport Convervation Trust — preserves and stewards land to learn from its ecology and history, to protect and restore its diverse habitats, and to be inspired by its natural beauty. connect people with nature…
Largest: $1,000 to NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONVERVANCY INC — general exempt purpose
Largest: $45,000 to BAY ISLAND CONVERVATION ASS — organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sp…
Largest: $5,000 to OCEAN CONVERVANCY — helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels based on peer reviewed science
Malpass FoundationEast Jordan, MI
1 matching grant · $250,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to LITTLE TRAVERSE CONVERVANCY — build walkway along jordan river
Largest: $51,000 to WINOUS POINT MARSH CONVERVANCY — preservation ofnatural habitats
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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 →