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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 “migratory”
Where the money went
Largest: $600,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CALIFORNIA — jack and laura dangermond preserve and migratory bird restoration
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $560,106 · through 2023Largest: $235,625 to CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT — marsh habitat to support migratory waterfowl
Platte River Whooping Crane CriticalWood River, NECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $734,363 to PLATTE RIVER WHOOPING CRANE MAINTENANCE TRUST INC — to provide for the maintenance, protection, and management of area habitat for endangered migratory birds.
NatureworksTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $50,500 · through 2024Largest: $18,000 to GEORGE MIKSCH SUTTON AVIAN RE — study of migratory birds
Largest: $39,184 to University of Oklahoma — metagenomic-guided tests of zoonotic pathogen diversity in migratory wildlife
Largest: $250,000 to AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY — migratory birds program by working with private & public landowners
Largest: $50,000 to FLORIDA KEYS WILD BIRD REHAB CENTER — native and migratory wild bird rescue, rehabilitation and release
Largest: $37,677 to SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER (SHANGHAI) ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD — the purpose of providing management suggestions for jiangsu coastal wetlands, including tiaozini wetland, a world natural heritage site in migratory bird sanctuaties along the coas…
Largest: $394,000 to Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc — to advance nature-based climate solutions, improve the health of the mississippi river, its floodplain, tributary watersheds and communities, restore habitat for resident and migra…
Largest: $7,000 to AUDUBON NORTH CAROLINA — motus towers for migratory bird community science
Largest: $2,500 to FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL AND SANTUARY — support to aid sick, injured and orphaned native florida wildlife and migratory birds, and to return them to the ecosystem. we are committed to keeping wildlife wild by providing q…
Louis FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to FLORIDA KEYS WILD BIRD CENTER — conservation organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of native and migratory birds
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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 →