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12 funders with a record of paying for “goodall”
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John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
5 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $492,720 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION CONSERVATION — jane goodalls roots and shoots: growing youth purpose and compassionate action in africa
Largest: $977,449 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION & CONSERVATION — support for the implementation of the conservation action plan (cap) for great apes in the eastern drc, strengthening responses to mining, disease, tenure, management, and governan…
Largest: $1.6M to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE — wildlife research, education, and conservation
Largest: $15,000 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCA — a map summit grant to further explore the jane goodall institute's (jgi) storytelling methods
Largest: $40,000 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA LTD — support of the jgi australia in support of the roots & shoots resource boxes
Largest: $37,000 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE — celebration grant
Wildlife Conservation NetworkSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2025Largest: $1.6M to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE — general program support
Largest: $50,000 to THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE — program support
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to Jane Goodall Institute For Wildlife Research Education & Conservation — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $477,350 · through 2024Largest: $252,500 to Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Educa — for recipient's exempt purpose
Largest: $30,000 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION — jane goodall's roots & shoots
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $324,700 · through 2024Largest: $149,850 to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION & CONSERVATION — sustainable environment
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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 →

