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12 funders with a record of paying for “cotton”
Where the money went
The Cotton FoundationCordova, TNCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $916,164 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to COTTON INCORPORATED — research and education related to cotton
National Cotton Council of AmericaCordova, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $507,500 to COTTON COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL — promotion of us grown cotton in foreign countries
Center for the Advancement ofMerritt Island, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $207,507 · through 2022Largest: $71,481 to BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM — examines effects on cotton plant growth and root behavior from the stress of microgravity to understand molecular causes of cotton's response to limited water availability, toward …
Cotton Bowl Athletic AssociationArlington, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to Cotton Bowl Foundation — advance cb fndt's mission
Largest: $250,000 to SOIL HEALTH INSTITUTE — u.s. regenerative cotton fund (usrcf)
Largest: $475,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — save the elephants ($50,000), elephant crisis fund ($200,000), grevy's zebra trust ($10,000), rhino recovery fund ($20,000), saiga conservation alliance ($10,000), niassa lion proj…
Crawford-Howard Private FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $56,000 · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to Cotton Museum at Memphis Cotton Exchange — charitable exempt purpose
Community FoundationMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $39,800 · through 2024Largest: $17,500 to THE COTTON MUSEUM INC — general operational support
Largest: $31,000 to Cotton Tree Foundation — general operations
North Carolina Cotton ProducersNashville, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to NC STATE UNIVERSITY — cotton pest research
Largest: $5,000 to COTTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — program support
Largest: $50,000 to MSU Foundation — endowed scholarship in memory of dr. frank e. cotton jr.
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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 →