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12 funders with a record of paying for “pangolins”
Where the money went
Largest: $80,000 to WILDAID — continued support for pangolin conservation in china and vietnam, preventing the killing and consumption of pangolin scales and meat.
Largest: $181,000 to UNDERCURRENT INC — lilogwe wildlife trust - pangolins in malawi - $41,000namibia scholarship project - $30,000tikki hywood trust - $110,000
Largest: $130,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — painted dog conservation, cheetah conservation botswana, somali giraffe conservation, ethiopian wolf conservation program, niassa lion project, siberian tiger (tigris), pangolin cr…
Chicago Zoological SocietyBrookfield, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $46,000 · through 2024Largest: $17,000 to Pangolin Conseravtion and Research Foundation — pangolin conservation
Largest: $1.4M to FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — to support a project titled "operation pangolin"
Largest: $475,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — save the elephants ($50,000), elephant crisis fund ($200,000), grevy's zebra trust ($5,000), rhino recovery fund ($20,000), saiga conservation alliance ($5,000), niassa lion projec…
Largest: $250,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — pangolin crisis fund
Largest: $110,000 to UNDERCURRENT INC — tikki hywood trust for their zimbabwe pangolin conservation
Largest: $1,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network — charitable for pangolins and painted dogs
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…
Largest: $26,000 to PAMS FOUNDATION — purchase of an endoscope, xray machine, and ultra sound for veterinary work with pangolins in zimbabwe
Jewish Federation of ClevelandCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $76,500 · through 2023Largest: $76,500 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — pangolin crisis fund, general 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 →