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12 funders with a record of paying for “peru”
Where the money went
Largest: $800,000 to FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PERU — to stall the advance of illegal gold mining and its impacts in priority biodiversity areas, conservation corridors, and transboundary landscapes of colombia, peru, and brazil.
Largest: $250,000 to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU — to strengthen leadership transition processes in civil society organizations in peru and colombia
Largest: $100,000 to University of Washington — to increase the scientific capacity of agency staff in the science institutions of mexico, chile, and peru.
Largest: $100,000 to Peruanos Unidos Por La Cocina Y La Alimentacion — territorial markets and multi-stakeholder collaboration in peru: strengthening territorial markets through their value chains and economic ecosystems in peru
Largest: $6,400 to ECACHAYUNAIN — "promoviendo el conocimiento y la crianza de peces amazonicos en la cuenca del chiriaco (buchigkis) al noreste del peru en una comunidad nativa awajun aliada a la reserva comunal c…
Largest: $10,000 to CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI — archaelogical research in chillon valley, peru
Largest: $300,000 to VITAL STRATEGIESINC — accelerating registration equality for lgbti people in peru & ecuador
Largest: $20,000 to JORDI ARMANI RIVERA PRINCE — power in the hands of many: a bioarchaeological approach to study social inequality in the ancient andes, north coast of peru (400-200 cal. b.c.)
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $580,560 to US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY — forest conservation debt swap agreement between the government of the republic of peru and the us government
Largest: $100,000 to Asociacion EPE - Ensena Peru — closing educational gaps in peru's amazonas department
Largest: $13,000 to SAN GABRIEL SCHOOL-PERU — elementary school in impoverished peru
Largest: $60,000 to BANCO DE ALIMENTOS PERU — food bank in lima peru that works with grocery stores and other partners to distribute food to those in need
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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 →