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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 “patagonia”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,500 to PATAGONIA REGIONAL AQUATICS CENTER — attend trainings and purchase tech/software to build patagonia regional aquatics center capabilities
Largest: $16,000 to PATAGONIA AREA RESOURCE ALLIANCE — exempt purpose
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — regenerative and wildlife friendly fibers that improve livelihoods, conserve wildlife and build resilience to environmental change in patagonia; strengthening marine protected area…
Largest: $219,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — coastal patagonia, argentina (year 1 of 3)
Arizona Community FoundationPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $93,150 · through 2024Largest: $76,450 to PATAGONIA MUSEUM — this award is designated support for the patagonia teacher housing project
Largest: $30,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — conservation work in patagonia
Burton Family FoundationPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $99,500 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to PATAGONIA CREATIVE ARTS ASSOCIATION — support for art makers afterschool mixed media art after school programming
Met FoundationIndianapolis, IN
4 matching grants · $23,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to PATAGONIA AREA RESOURCE ALLIANCE — general operations
Largest: $50,000 to NATURE CONSERVANCY — preserving patagonia freshwater ecosystems conservation work
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $125,544 · through 2024Largest: $61,215 to PATAGONIA REGIONAL TIMES — program support
Largest: $5,000 to FRIENDS OF THE PATAGONIA LIBRARY — educational purposes
Largest: $10,000 to CAROLINA I CALVINO — critical need for expansion of bcru, a small herbarium in patagonia argentina
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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 →