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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 “macaw”
Where the money went
Largest: $36,688 to MACAW RECOVERY NETWORK — to enable the donees to carry-out their tax exempt purposes.
Largest: $60,000 to AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY FOR LEAR'S MACAW — care of parrots
Largest: $30,906 to BELIZE WILDLIFE AND REFERRAL CLINIC — scarlet macaw program
Largest: $3,000 to World Parrot Trust — macaw conservation in honduras
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $149,000 · through 2023Largest: $77,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — to be split equally amongst the following animal interests: okapi, andean cat, cotton top tamarin, saiga, spectacled bear, dholes, macaws, soala, koala, and pangolin, sharks and wr…
The Macrae FoundationMercer Island, WA
3 matching grants · $3,000 · through 2024Largest: $1,000 to MACAW RESCUE & SANCTUARY — support the rescue and care of macaws and other parrots
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $18,000 · through 2023Largest: $9,000 to MACAW RESCUE AND SANCTUARY — to provide general support
Largest: $36,000 to MACAW RECOVERY PROJECT USA — reintroduce the endangered great green macaw in costa rica
Largest: $42,000 to ARCAS WILDLIFE RESCUE AND CONSERVATION — macaw release project
Largest: $70,000 to WORLD PARROT TRUST — to provide support for forest fire protection for endemic and endangered blue throated and red fronted macaws in bolivia.
World Parrot Trust USATravelers Rest, SCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $62,613 · through 2022Largest: $62,613 to MACAW RECOVERY NETWORK — parrot conservation
Largest: $25,000 to MACAW RECOVERY NETWORK-USA — general operating support
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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 →