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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.
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12 funders with a record of paying for “creatures”
Where the money went The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince William Inc → New Creatures-in-Christ Ministries Incorporated: $3.4M across 5 grants, latest 2023 New Kingston Animal Sanctuary → Sisu Refuge: $87K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc → New Creatures in Christ Outreach Ministry: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The John F Welch Jr Foundation → Creature Kind: $81K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Royal Little Family Foundation → Creature Conserve: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Robert D Wray Charitable Trust → Creature Conserve: $64K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Paige Madison: $47K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ferriday Fund-Charitable Trust # 615 → Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Union Pacific Foundation → Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Island Foundation Inc → Creature Conserve Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Howard T Petrie Charitable Trust → Creature Safe Place: $17K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Igh Charitable Foundation Inc → Marine Mammal Stranding Center: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Union Pacific Foundation → Coastal Conservation Association-Louisiana: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Igh Charitable Foundation Inc → Humane Society of Us: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Union Pacific Foundation → San Antonio Zoological Society Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Igh Charitable Foundation Inc → Barcs: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Union Pacific Foundation → Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Union Pacific Foundation → Chicago Zoological Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Union Pacific Foundation → Texas Conservation Alliance: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Igh Charitable Foundation Inc → Bird Gardens of Naples Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Igh Charitable Foundation Inc → Maui Humane Society: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince William Inc: $3.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Human Services Alliance o… $3.4M Union Pacific Foundation: $108K on this topic. Open the funder. Union Pacific Foundation $108K New Kingston Animal Sanctuary: $87K on this topic. Open the funder. New Kingston Animal Sanctuary $87K The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lynde and Harry Bradley F… $85K The John F Welch Jr Foundation: $81K on this topic. Open the funder. The John F Welch Jr Foundation $81K The Royal Little Family Foundation: $65K on this topic. Open the funder. The Royal Little Family Found… $65K Robert D Wray Charitable Trust: $64K on this topic. Open the funder. Robert D Wray Charitable Trust $64K Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $47K on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $47K The Ferriday Fund-Charitable Trust # 615: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ferriday Fund-Charitable… $40K Island Foundation Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Island Foundation Inc $30K Igh Charitable Foundation Inc: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. Igh Charitable Foundation Inc $18K The Howard T Petrie Charitable Trust: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. The Howard T Petrie Charitabl… $17K New Creatures-in-Christ Ministries Incorporated: received $3.4M on this topic New Creatures-in-Christ Ministr… $3.4M Creature Conserve: received $129K on this topic Creature Conserve $129K Sisu Refuge: received $87K on this topic Sisu Refuge $87K New Creatures in Christ Outreach Ministry: received $85K on this topic New Creatures in Christ Outreac… $85K Creature Kind: received $81K on this topic Creature Kind $81K Paige Madison: received $47K on this topic Paige Madison $47K Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company: received $40K on this topic Playhouse Creatures Theatre Com… $40K Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation: received $35K on this topic Arkansas Game and Fish Foundati… $35K Creature Conserve Inc: received $30K on this topic Creature Conserve Inc $30K Coastal Conservation Association-Louisiana: received $25K on this topic Coastal Conservation Associatio… $25K San Antonio Zoological Society Inc: received $20K on this topic San Antonio Zoological Society… $20K Creature Safe Place: received $17K on this topic Creature Safe Place $17K Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc: received $10K on this topic Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc $10K Chicago Zoological Society: received $10K on this topic Chicago Zoological Society $10K Texas Conservation Alliance: received $8K on this topic Texas Conservation Alliance $8K Marine Mammal Stranding Center: received $6K on this topic Marine Mammal Stranding Center $6K Humane Society of Us: received $5K on this topic Humane Society of Us $5K Barcs: received $4K on this topic Barcs $4K Bird Gardens of Naples Inc: received $3K on this topic Bird Gardens of Naples Inc $3K Maui Humane Society: received $1K on this topic Maui Humane Society $1K 12 funders, 20 recipients, grants matching “creatures” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $25,000 to COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION-LOUISIANA — protection/ preservation of living creatures
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Largest: $1.5M to New Creatures-in-Christ Ministries Incorporated — funds were used to provide assistance with utilities, rent/mortgage and childcare.
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Largest: $5,000 to Humane Society of US — all creatures support
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Largest: $20,000 to CREATURE CONSERVE — support of daily operations
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Largest: $12,500 to PLAYHOUSE CREATURES THEATRE COMPANY — general operating
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Largest: $10,000 to CREATURE CONSERVE INC — creature conserve general operating support
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Largest: $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.
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Largest: $51,000 to CREATURE CONSERVE — operational support
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Largest: $30,000 to New Creatures in Christ Outreach Ministry — to support general operations
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Largest: $6,000 to Creature Safe Place — unrestricted grant
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Largest: $30,000 to CREATURE KIND — general operating support
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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
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