Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “creatures”
Where the money went
Largest: $25,000 to COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION-LOUISIANA — protection/ preservation of living creatures
The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince WilliamManassas, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to New Creatures-in-Christ Ministries Incorporated — funds were used to provide assistance with utilities, rent/mortgage and childcare.
Igh Charitable FoundationBarnegat Light, NJ
7 matching grants · $18,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to Humane Society of US — all creatures support
Largest: $20,000 to CREATURE CONSERVE — support of daily operations
Largest: $12,500 to PLAYHOUSE CREATURES THEATRE COMPANY — general operating
Largest: $10,000 to CREATURE CONSERVE INC — creature conserve general operating support
New Kingston Animal SanctuaryBedford Hills, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $86,500 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to SISU REFUGE — grant to provide sanctuary and care to abandoned, neglected and displaced farm animals to promote compassionate treatment of all creatures.
Largest: $51,000 to CREATURE CONSERVE — operational support
Largest: $30,000 to New Creatures in Christ Outreach Ministry — to support general operations
Largest: $6,000 to Creature Safe Place — unrestricted grant
Largest: $30,000 to CREATURE KIND — general operating support
Largest: $23,351 to PAIGE MADISON — to support the research and writing of strange creatures beyond count: how fossil hobbits helped show us who we are, to be published by scribner books
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
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 →