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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 “endangered”
Where the money went
American Association ofSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
106 matching grants · $22.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to ENDANGERED WOLF CENTER — endangered species covid relief
Largest: $95,000 to VETERINARY INITIATIVE FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE INC — support for the investigation of high mortality rates in endangered gibbons and building veterinary capacity in gibbon range countries.
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $140,245 to THE PEREGRINE FUND INC — developing a conservation action plan for critically endangered ridgway's hawk, dominican republic
Largest: $15,700 to OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — community-led conservation of the critically endangered roloway monkey and endangered white-naped mangabey through sustainable nature-based solutions in the western region of ghana…
Largest: $8,000 to ASSOCIATION ELI-S — ocean calling: research and outreach on the importance of the thermal dome for endangered humpback whales in nicaragua
Largest: $55,000 to CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE — for the threatened manatee sample analysis, and their use of central florida's springs and of the endangered ocklawaha river in fl, collecting data on their winter migration to ga
Largest: $2,500 to INTERVAL HOUSE — support a shelter for troubled and endangered youth
Largest: $25,000 to ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGENCY USA FOUNDATION — investigation into the commercial whaling industry in the norwegian and barents seas
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to ENDANGERED HABITATS CONSERVANCY — montecito ranch framework resource management plan
Largest: $15,000 to CT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — to support the zoo in its efforts to protect its rare and endangered species.
Largest: $100,000 to ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION — rocky mountain wolf and grizzly protection and recovery
Largest: $5.5M to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to support the american archive of public brd.casting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use
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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 →