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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 “ecological”
Where the money went
Largest: $405,000 to WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC — simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award
Largest: $250,000 to University of Greenwich — farmer research networks for ecological pest and disease management
Largest: $15,000 to International Society for Microbial Ecology — in support of the unity in diversity virtual microbial ecology summit to be held on november 11-12, 2020 and open-access charges for publications in international society of microb…
Gulf of Mexico AllianceOcean Springs, MSCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $291,147 to THE WATER INSTITUTE — to support the ecological and economic health of the gulf of america
Largest: $300,000 to FOREIGN ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION CENTER MINISTRY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMEN — for the secretariat of the china council for international cooperation on environment and development to develop research on china's green supply chain policies and its impacts to …
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2023Largest: $809,844 to BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY — restore ecological resiliency of tidal marsh
Largest: $700,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — ecological study of the comparative health effects of housing-based interventions
Largest: $20,000 to HEA SUE KIM — kim, hea sue (california, irvine, u. of) "making the korean space age: ecology of outer space research in naro island, south korea"
Largest: $625,000 to SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY — toward two-year support for collaborative research for effective watershed restoration, conservation, and undergraduate academic and professional development in ecology
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $622,782 · through 2024Largest: $73,500 to Vermont Institute of Natural Science — for general support, place-based ecology education
Western National Parks AssociationTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $137,336 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS — scientific, ecological and cultural research
Largest: $528,152 to US Water Partnership — to support the hydrogeological and ecological study for los planes watershed
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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 →