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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 “fieldwork”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,000 to Junyi Han — grant for fieldwork research on thesis: collapse of the sino-vietnamese alliance in cold war yunnan 1964-1993
Largest: $112,160 to ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATION FUND — support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. marcello canuto and dr. francisco estrada-belli
Largest: $10,000 to THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION — fieldwork support and sponsorship program internal
Largest: $400,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — smithsonian tropical research institute, acadia in the tropical eastern pacific intrumentation and fieldwork
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $197,405 · through 2023Largest: $86,203 to FIELDWORK COMMUNICATIONS LLC — conservation projects
California Foundation for StrongerCarlsbad, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $142,500 · through 2023Largest: $90,000 to FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC — provide support to local charities
Largest: $2,893 to POINDEXTER — fieldwork and conservation genetic analysis of
Largest: $24,670 to EMMA NGUVI MBUA — mbua, emma (national museums of kenya) "further fieldwork and taphonomic studies at kantis fossil site, a pliocene locality in kenya."
LyrasisAlpharetta, GACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $39,500 · through 2021Largest: $39,500 to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — create a model for advancing social justice scholarship using a blend of digital humanities practices and historical fieldwork in local communities.
Largest: $60,000 to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — preparator and fieldwork personnel salaries for montbrook fossil site
Manitou FundWhite Bear Lake, MN
1 matching grant · $150,000 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to SAVE VENICE INC — students fieldwork & music conservancy ($100k), women artists of venice ($50k)
Davis Conservation FoundationYarmouth, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $29,790 · through 2024Largest: $29,790 to Connecticut River Watershed Council — engineering fieldwork for stream restoration projects on the ammonoosuc and ashuelot rivers
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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 →