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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 “mammals”
Where the money went
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2023Largest: $8,116 to MARINE MAMMALS OF MAINE — marine mammal
Wags and Menace Make a Difference FoundationWilmington, DE
30 matching grants · $90,600 · through 2025Largest: $10,400 to PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — emergency medical fund
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
6 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $309,135 to LEIDEN UNIVERSITY — stem cell models from long living mammals to study connections btw genetics & evolution of stress
Largest: $4,000 to NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL FOUNDATION INC — marine mammals projects
Largest: $100,000 to Bahamas Marine Mammal research — grant for research into noise and ship collision in the northwest providence passage near the south abaco sperm whale nursery. a population survey of mammals in the sea of abaco
Largest: $20,000 to MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES — to support southern califoria ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, education, and research.
Ncasi FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $865,862 to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC — retained structures forestry experiment (manipulating retained structures to improve wildlife value),technical work to improve the science and risk assessment processes in national…
Largest: $100,000 to The Marine Mammal Center — marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, research and education
Largest: $35,000 to THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — to further the organizations efforts to protect the ocean and ocean wildlife.
Largest: $35,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC - CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY & BLAIR AUDUBON — to support the monitoring of the wood stork nesting efforts with a drone for research, small mammal traps, wildlife computer monitors and a gps unit.
Largest: $7,500 to RAVEN RIDGE WILDLIFE REFUGE — rehab ctr for raptors, mammals, etc.
Largest: $30,000 to MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research and education
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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 →