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12 funders with a record of paying for “gorillas”
Where the money went
Largest: $73,000 to MGVP INC — support for conserving grauers gorillas and mountain gorillas through veterinary care and health research using a one health approach.
Largest: $20,000 to LINCOLN PARK ZOO — conservation of western lowland gorillas (gorilla gorilla gorilla) and central chimpanzees (pan troglodytes troglodytes) in the congo basin
Houston ZooHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $415,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International — gorilla conservation, support for rwandan women
Rainforest TrustWarrenton, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $25,461 to DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND — support for the land conservation to protect critically endangered grauer's gorillas in the democratic republic of the congo
Largest: $15,800 to GORILLA HIGHLANDS COFFEE ASSOCIATION — to help communities living near gorilla habitats through projects aimed at deterring the poaching of gorillas
Detroit Zoological SocietyRoyal Oak, MICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $70,000 to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc — conservation support
Wildlife Protection SolutionsGolden, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $237,660 · through 2024Largest: $112,000 to GORILLA REHABILITATION AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION GRACE CENTE — grace gorillas
Utah Zoological SocietySalt Lake City, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to GORILLA REHABILITATION & CONSERVATI — gruer's gorilla cons
Largest: $8,000 to CRUSADERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & OZONE WATCH — catalyzing community-driven conservation of the cross river gorilla (gorilla gorilla diehli) along the cross river headwater area in cameroon
Largest: $4,000 to Gorilla Doctors — dedicated to saving the mountain and eastern lowland gorilla species one gorilla patient at a time using veterinary medicine and science with a one health approach.
Mrb FoundationLake Geneva, WI
4 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL — environmental
Largest: $25,000 to THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL — general & unrestricted
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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 →