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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 “landscapes”
Where the money went
Open Space Institute Land TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $6.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — delaware river watershed and appalachian landscape protection
Largest: $144,930 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — to research policy options to facilitate a competitive landscape for cell and gene therapies.
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $7.6M · through 2024Largest: $68,000 to INTREPID ASCENT LLC — hit landscape assessment part 3; case study: data exchange in santa cruz county; health information technology (hit) landscape assessment: digest and almanac reports
Largest: $5.0M to Intl Naturerbe Fonds - Legacy Landscapes — in support of the legacy landscapes fund.
Largest: $200,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — to support strategic collective action promoting continuous living cover on the landscape
Climateworks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — to support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean tran…
Largest: $400,000 to CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION — to build on the successes of the of the network for landscape conservations landscape conservation catalyst fund
Largest: $25,000 to RICHARD S CIOLEK-TORELLO — ciolek-torello, richard (independent scholar) "uyghur cultural heritage project: ancient cities in a nomadic pastoral landscape on the mongolian steppe"
Largest: $460,900 to FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME — support for forest peoples land rights and landscape governance for ape conservation in lobeke national park, cameroon; messok-dja, republic of congo; kahuzi-biega national park, d…
Largest: $100,000 to DOC SOCIETY — for a documentary investigating the global landscape of sex, gender, and feminism
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
17 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to THE PIVOT FUND INC — in support of the midwest landscape study
Largest: $25,000 to FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA — strengthening the sustainability and resilience of livelihoods in agricultural landscapes and the biodiversity of the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua
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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 →