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12 funders with a record of paying for “paleontology”

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Allison and Robert Price Family → The Natural History Museum: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Paleontological Research Institution: $148K across 3 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → Burke Museum Association: $146K across 2 grants, latest 2023Adirondack Foundation → Paul Smith's College: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Montana State University Foundation: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tompkins → Paleontological Research Institution: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2025Montana Community Foundation Inc → Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Jackson Kundasai Njau: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert E Browning Fund → Paleontological Research Institution: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Oregon Community Foundation → Paleontological Society: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County → Paleontological Research Institute: $26K across 4 grants, latest 2025Red Lodge Area Community Foundation → Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → Museum of the Rockies: $145K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Oregon Community Foundation → Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Foundation of Tompkins → Paleontological Research Institution (Pri): $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022David B Jones Foundation → Carthage College: $131K across 2 grants, latest 2023David B Jones Foundation → Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2022David B Jones Foundation → Raymond M Alf Museum: $121K across 4 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → Macalester College: $77K across 3 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → Denver Museum of Nature and Science: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → The Colorado Museum of Natural History: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2022David B Jones Foundation → Dayton Society of Natural History Dayton Museum of: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023David B Jones Foundation → North Carolina State University College of Science: $39K across 1 grant, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → San Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023David B Jones Foundation → Kansas University Endowment Assoc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023David B Jones Foundation → Washington Academic Middle: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023David B Jones Foundation → Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → University of Nebraska Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022David B Jones Foundation → Friends of Nc State Museum of Natural Sciences: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation → San Joaquin Valley Paleontology Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022David B Jones Foundation → The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024David B Jones Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.David B Jones Foundation$1.2MAllison and Robert Price Family: $175K on this topic. Open the funder.Allison and Robert Price Fami…$175KPark Foundation Inc: $148K on this topic. Open the funder.Park Foundation Inc$148KAdirondack Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder.Adirondack Foundation$90KCommunity Foundation of Tompkins: $65K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Tompk…$65KDonors Trust Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Donors Trust Inc$60KThe Oregon Community Foundation: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.The Oregon Community Foundati…$51KMontana Community Foundation Inc: $41K on this topic. Open the funder.Montana Community Foundation…$41KThe Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wenner-Gren Foundation for$40KRobert E Browning Fund: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert E Browning Fund$37KLegacy Foundation of Tompkins County: $26K on this topic. Open the funder.Legacy Foundation of Tompkins…$26KRed Lodge Area Community Foundation: $14K on this topic. Open the funder.Red Lodge Area Community Foun…$14KPaleontological Research Institution: received $204K on this topicPaleontological Research Instit…$204KThe Natural History Museum: received $175K on this topicThe Natural History Museum$175KBurke Museum Association: received $146K on this topicBurke Museum Association$146KMuseum of the Rockies: received $145K on this topicMuseum of the Rockies$145KCarthage College: received $131K on this topicCarthage College$131KMammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc: received $130K on this topicMammoth Site of Hot Springs Sou…$130KRaymond M Alf Museum: received $121K on this topicRaymond M Alf Museum$121KPaul Smith's College: received $90K on this topicPaul Smith's College$90KMacalester College: received $77K on this topicMacalester College$77KDenver Museum of Nature and Science: received $77K on this topicDenver Museum of Nature and Sci…$77KBighorn Basin Paleontological Institute: received $72K on this topicBighorn Basin Paleontological I…$72KMontana State University Foundation: received $60K on this topicMontana State University Founda…$60KThe Colorado Museum of Natural History: received $56K on this topicThe Colorado Museum of Natural…$56KDayton Society of Natural History Dayton Museum of: received $50K on this topicDayton Society of Natural Histo…$50KJackson Kundasai Njau: received $40K on this topicJackson Kundasai Njau$40KNorth Carolina State University College of Science: received $39K on this topicNorth Carolina State University…$39KPaleontological Research Institution: received $37K on this topicPaleontological Research Instit…$37KPaleontological Society: received $35K on this topicPaleontological Society$35KSan Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park: received $35K on this topicSan Diego Society of Natural Hi…$35KKansas University Endowment Assoc: received $35K on this topicKansas University Endowment Ass…$35KWashington Academic Middle: received $30K on this topicWashington Academic Middle$30KPaleontological Research Institute: received $26K on this topicPaleontological Research Instit…$26KSociety of Vertebrate Paleontology: received $20K on this topicSociety of Vertebrate Paleontol…$20KUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: received $20K on this topicUniversity of Nebraska Foundati…$20KFriends of Nc State Museum of Natural Sciences: received $19K on this topicFriends of Nc State Museum of N…$19KSociety of Vertebrate Paleontology: received $16K on this topicSociety of Vertebrate Paleontol…$16KSan Joaquin Valley Paleontology Foundation: received $15K on this topicSan Joaquin Valley Paleontology…$15KPaleontological Research Institution (Pri): received $10K on this topicPaleontological Research Instit…$10KThe University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: received $5K on this topicThe University of Tennessee Fou…$5K
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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 →