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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 “dinosaur”
Where the money went
Largest: $83,403 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM — paleoecology and stratigraphy of the upper jurassic dinosaur fauna of jurassic national monument, emery county, utah
The Ahmanson FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to LOS ANGELES CTY MUS OF NAT HIST — toward general support ($25,000) and toward the dinosaur institute ($25,000)
Largest: $150,000 to Schiele Museum of Natural History — support new dinosaur exhibit
American Association of PetroleumTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,190 · through 2024Largest: $30,190 to FRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE — grant for interpretive signs
Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers ProgUniversity Place, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $72,500 · through 2024Largest: $32,500 to SUSAN COX POWELL FOUNDATION — charlie's dinosaur
Largest: $17,500 to SOUTHWESTERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY — purchase of fossils for university's dinosaur museum
Largest: $15,000 to FOUR RIVERS CULTURAL CENTER — dinosaurs in motion exhibition
Largest: $10,000 to DINOSAUR RIDGE — to support charity
Largest: $7,500 to CHARLIE'S DINOSAUR — care items for children placed into emergency foster homes
Largest: $6,000 to DINOSAUR HILL NATURE PRESERVE — general support grant
Largest: $500,000 to EL PASO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — erth's dinosaur zoo live at the el paso zoo performance 2024-2026
Largest: $250,000 to TEXAS SCIENCE & NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM — charitable - for glen rose dinosaur trackways
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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 →