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12 funders with a record of paying for “grizzly”
Where the money went Arata Brothers Trust → Sierra Nevada Journeys: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg → University of Montana: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Forest Service: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Clayton A Struve Family Foundation → Vital Ground Foundation: $120K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The National Mentoring Partnership Inc → Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation: $116K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Mwc Foundation Inc → Blackfoot Challenge Inc: $107K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Memphis Grizzlies Charitable → Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School Inc: $105K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → People and Carnivores: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kelly Foundation → Norcal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Greenstate Credit Union → Live Healthy Iowa: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Roney Family Foundation → Grizzly and Wolf Sanctuary: $26K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → University of Montana: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → Wild Earth Guardians: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mwc Foundation Inc → Vital Ground: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Idaho Fish & Wildlife: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Greenstate Credit Union → Iowa Sports Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Roney Family Foundation → Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Wilburforce Foundation → University of Idaho Foundation: $83K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → Greater Yellowstone Coaliation: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Tom Miner Basin Assoc: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Greenstate Credit Union → Iowa Sports Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Harder Foundation → Sierra Club Foundation: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wilburforce Foundation → Property and Environment Research Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → Future West: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Teton County Id: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Centennial Valley Association: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Colorado St Univ Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Jackson Hole Wildlife Found: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Henrys Fork Wildlife Allianc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Park Cty Environment Council: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Ruby Valley Conservation Dist: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Yellowstone Coalition → Friends of the Bridger-Teton: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harder Foundation: $355K on this topic. Open the funder. Harder Foundation $355K Wilburforce Foundation: $323K on this topic. Open the funder. Wilburforce Foundation $323K Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $280K on this topic. Open the funder. Greater Yellowstone Coalition $280K Arata Brothers Trust: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Arata Brothers Trust $200K The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg: $170K on this topic. Open the funder. The Liz Claiborne & Art Orten… $170K Mwc Foundation Inc: $167K on this topic. Open the funder. Mwc Foundation Inc $167K Clayton A Struve Family Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. Clayton A Struve Family Found… $120K The National Mentoring Partnership Inc: $116K on this topic. Open the funder. The National Mentoring Partne… $116K Memphis Grizzlies Charitable: $105K on this topic. Open the funder. Memphis Grizzlies Charitable $105K Kelly Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Kelly Foundation $70K Greenstate Credit Union: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Greenstate Credit Union $60K Roney Family Foundation: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Roney Family Foundation $36K University of Montana: received $260K on this topic University of Montana $260K Sierra Nevada Journeys: received $200K on this topic Sierra Nevada Journeys $200K Forest Service: received $125K on this topic Forest Service $125K Vital Ground Foundation: received $120K on this topic Vital Ground Foundation $120K Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation: received $116K on this topic Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Fo… $116K Blackfoot Challenge Inc: received $107K on this topic Blackfoot Challenge Inc $107K Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School Inc: received $105K on this topic Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory C… $105K Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: received $100K on this topic Canadian Parks and Wilderness S… $100K People and Carnivores: received $90K on this topic People and Carnivores $90K Wild Earth Guardians: received $85K on this topic Wild Earth Guardians $85K University of Idaho Foundation: received $83K on this topic University of Idaho Foundation $83K Greater Yellowstone Coaliation: received $75K on this topic Greater Yellowstone Coaliation $75K Norcal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing: received $70K on this topic Norcal Services for Deaf and Ha… $70K Vital Ground: received $60K on this topic Vital Ground $60K Sierra Club Foundation: received $60K on this topic Sierra Club Foundation $60K Property and Environment Research Center: received $50K on this topic Property and Environment Resear… $50K Idaho Fish & Wildlife: received $45K on this topic Idaho Fish & Wildlife $45K Future West: received $45K on this topic Future West $45K Live Healthy Iowa: received $30K on this topic Live Healthy Iowa $30K Tom Miner Basin Assoc: received $30K on this topic Tom Miner Basin Assoc $30K Grizzly and Wolf Sanctuary: received $26K on this topic Grizzly and Wolf Sanctuary $26K Iowa Sports Foundation: received $15K on this topic Iowa Sports Foundation $15K Iowa Sports Foundation: received $15K on this topic Iowa Sports Foundation $15K Teton County Id: received $15K on this topic Teton County Id $15K Centennial Valley Association: received $15K on this topic Centennial Valley Association $15K Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center: received $10K on this topic Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Cent… $10K Colorado St Univ Foundation: received $10K on this topic Colorado St Univ Foundation $10K Jackson Hole Wildlife Found: received $10K on this topic Jackson Hole Wildlife Found $10K Henrys Fork Wildlife Allianc: received $10K on this topic Henrys Fork Wildlife Allianc $10K Park Cty Environment Council: received $9K on this topic Park Cty Environment Council $9K Ruby Valley Conservation Dist: received $6K on this topic Ruby Valley Conservation Dist $6K Friends of the Bridger-Teton: received $6K on this topic Friends of the Bridger-Teton $6K 12 funders, 32 recipients, grants matching “grizzly” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $125,000 to FOREST SERVICE — grizzly bear habitat road closures
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Largest: $45,000 to FUTURE WEST — new era of grizzly bear conservation
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Largest: $50,000 to CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY — environmental - bc coast to cascades grizzly bear initiative
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Largest: $42,100 to BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC — for grizzly bear protection and beaver restoration
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Largest: $50,000 to Sierra Nevada Journeys — grizzly creek ranch
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Largest: $35,000 to VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION — to conserve critical habitat for grizzly bears
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Largest: $44,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — trans-border grizzly bear project
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Largest: $60,000 to MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC — undesignated general operating support-education
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Largest: $15,000 to Iowa Sports Foundation — grizzlies youth wheelchair basketball program
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Largest: $25,000 to NORCAL SERVICES FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING — camp grizzly leadership program
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Largest: $30,000 to MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — general operating support
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Largest: $10,000 to GRIZZLY AND WOLF DISCOVERY CENTER — general program support
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