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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 “crab”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.7M to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation — to advance sustainability in nine seafood sectors (octopus, tuna, shrimp, jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi, whitefish, reduction fisheries, warm water crab, and snapper-grouper) compr…
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $146,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CALIFORNIA COAST CRAB ASSOCIATION — conservation activities
Largest: $200,000 to Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission — to support stakeholder engagement and research related to dungeness crab fisheries on the west coast
Latino Economic Development CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SALTY DOG CRAB HOUSE INC — small business support grant
Dave & Cheryl Duffield FoundationIncline Village, NV
4 matching grants · $522,325 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to INCLINE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS — 2022 matching grant, 2022 crab feed sponsorship
Largest: $15,000 to WELLS RESERVE AT LAUDHOLM KAT LIBBY — support for project titled "blue crabs & bryozoans: investigating marine invertebrates in maine"
Largest: $205,000 to CRAB — to support organization's mission
Largest: $3,450 to TEXAS CRAB FESTIVAL CHARITIES — matching gifts
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $1.8M to AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY — nj beach habitat for horseshoe crabs & red knots
Largest: $3,000 to CRAB ORCHARD SCHOOL — support the elementary school program
Largest: $3,000 to HISTORIC CRAB ORCHARD MUSEUM — cultural heritage center
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of FloridaTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $139,927 · through 2022Largest: $103,752 to FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION — diamondback terrapin bycatch in blue crab traps and impacts of bycatch reduction devices on commercial landings of marketable crabs
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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 →