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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 “marines”
Where the money went
Resources Legacy FundSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
881 matching grants · $119.7M · through 2024Largest: $8,000 to MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE DBA MARINE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE — land or marine conservation, climate change, and/or environ. equity and justice.
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
291 matching grants · $43.0M · through 2024Largest: $378,500 to MARIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION — marin career technical education ctr
Leonard & Beryl Buck FoundationSaint Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
211 matching grants · $71.5M · through 2024Largest: $280,000 to THE WEST MARIN FUND — support the west marin early childhood equity initiative and west marin collaborative impact pilot project
Largest: $270,000 to MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award
Largest: $1.1M to MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — to support the launch of a new advanced research training course in the molecular and cell biology of symbiosis and associated infrastructure improvements at the marine biological …
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
117 matching grants · $13.1M · through 2024Largest: $469,000 to MULTICULTURAL CENTER OF MARIN — program - for core operating support to provide health care in marin to low-income indigenous communities with a focus on indigenous medicine. program - for general operating suppo…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
94 matching grants · $61.4M · through 2023Largest: $42,242 to ATLANTIC MARINE CONSERVATION — marine mammal research
Largest: $3,000 to CA MARINE SANTUARY FOUNDATION — marine research
National Marine Sanctuary FoundationSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $719,437 to MOTE MARINE LABORATORY — restoration and monitoring of edr and mission iconic reefs - long term wave attenuation and hydro amd restoring and protecting us marine habitats
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $11.6M · through 2023Largest: $69,500 to University of Miami — support for the rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science. support for bascom palmer eye institute, general operating support. support for the center for autism & related…
The West Marin FundPoint Reyes Station, CACharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $51,398 to WEST MARIN COMMUNITY SERVICES — grant id# 3047: annual distribution to west marin community services ($30,398.26 total, $28,115.20 from future fund and $2,283.06 from future fund reserve); grant id# 3409: romo zu…
Largest: $125,000 to MOTE MARINE LABORATORY — program/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 →