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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 “easement”
Where the money went
Largest: $360,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — allegheny front land easements & restoration/stewardship endowments - stump conservation easement
Upstate ForeverGreenville, SCCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $534,640 · through 2024Largest: $245,000 to THE KING FAMILY TRUST — passthru easement
American Battlefield TrustWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center — conservation easement preserving 304-acre reflection riding tract
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — supporting conservation easements on working lands
The Hamer FoundationState College Pa, PA
7 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $494,500 to PA CHAPTER NATURE CONSERVANCY — operating support, programming, easements
Largest: $800,000 to WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — to permanently protect property in westmoreland county to enhance the habitat and scenic views of the ligonier valley, with an emphasis on conservation easements
Largest: $255,000 to Vermont Land Trust — conservation easements on agricultural and forest lands.
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $144,818 · through 2024Largest: $68,818 to GOLDEN STATE LAND CONSERVANCY INCORPORATED — forestville conservation easement
The Humane Society Wildlife Land TrustWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $475,308 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Newtown Forest Association Inc — to provide financial support to the stewardship endowment fund, in support of the dubroff conservation easement, and other conservation easements.
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $783,371 to Society for the Protection of NH Forests — for a designated distributions and genera support, repairs, education, easements
Largest: $257,500 to Wildlife Mississippi — to support enrollment of mississippi alluvial valley land in usda easement programs and to provide outreach and education about such programs to policy makers.
Wetlands America TrustMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $839,064 to DUCKS UNLIMITED INC — easement monitoring
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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 →