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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 “jaguar”
Where the money went
NFL FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $762,500 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS FOUNDATION INC — member club matching youth/ high school football grants
Largest: $60,000 to NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT — to support jaguar conservation in sonora, mexico, working with local cattle ranchers to resolve human / jaguar conflict.
Largest: $5,000 to NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT — preserve jaguar habitat - safe-haven
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC — general & unrestricted
Lillian & Luis FernandezWest Palm Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $745,500 · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC — the jaguar maya forest trails expansion
Met FoundationIndianapolis, IN
4 matching grants · $42,000 · through 2025Largest: $12,000 to NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT — general operations
Largest: $10,000 to JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS FOUNDATION — support community programs
Hobe Sound Community ChestHobe Sound, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to MARTIN COUNTY JAGUARS YOUTH FOOTBALL INC — assist organization
Largest: $40,500 to LA TIERRA DEL JAGUAR — habitat/land conservation
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — regenerative and wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area…
Largest: $20,000 to LA TIERRA DEL JAGUAR — general & unrestricted
Midway USA FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $47,593 · through 2024Largest: $16,738 to ANKENY JAGUARS SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION — to fund youth shoothing sports
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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 →