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12 funders with a record of paying for “leopold”
Where the money went
Madison Community FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $245,739 · through 2024Largest: $19,224 to ALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION — to support the future leaders center and expand the fellowship program
The Sand County FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $110,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to TOMANDL FARMS — leopold conservation award
Largest: $20,000 to ALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION — project support of the future leaders fellowship
Largest: $4.1M to PRINCE LEOPOLD INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE — neglected tropical diseases
Largest: $10,000 to ALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION INC — environmental education
Largest: $20,000 to SAND COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — support and grow the leopold conservation award program in pennsylvania
Kohler Trust for PreservationKohler, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $290,000 · through 2024Largest: $115,000 to ALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION — leopold pines, prairie, and series of virtual and in-person talks, podcasts, programs, and social media.
Largest: $50,000 to ALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION — general - no restrictionsgeneral - no restrictions
Largest: $66,000 to Aldo Leopold Foundation — general operations
Leopold School District FoundationLeopold, MOCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $120,253 · through 2025Largest: $49,137 to LEOPOLD R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT — technology/supplies
Largest: $20,000 to ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER — program support
Community Foundation of CentralStevens Point, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $40,760 · through 2024Largest: $10,090 to ALDO LEOPOLD AUDUBON SOCIETY — for the annual allocation to the aldo leopold society
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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 →