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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 “pheasants”
Where the money went
Largest: $32,250 to PHEASANTS FOREVER INC — protect pheasant habitat
Largest: $7,300 to PHEASANTS FOREVER — conservation of pheasants quail & other wildlife
Foundation for CaliforniaCalifornia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $8.2M · through 2024Largest: $3.3M to TRI COUNTY PA PHEASANTS FOREVER — grant funded environmental programs
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $276,871 · through 2024Largest: $119,927 to PHEASANTS FOREVER INC — conservation activities
Largest: $41,000 to PHEASANTS FOREVER — charitable activities
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $7.2M · through 2023Largest: $2.8M to PHEASANTS FOREVER INC — sagebrush ecosystem conserv
Largest: $15,000 to PHEASANTS FOREVER QUAIL FOREVER — religious, charitable, scientific, e
Wildlife Habitat Conservation SocietyHutchinson, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $890,000 to PHEASANTS FOREVER INC — land for state wildlife mgmt area
Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationMissoula, MTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $373,393 · through 2024Largest: $232,893 to PHEASANTS FOREVER — habitat stewardship
Largest: $4,500 to PHEASANTS FOREVER — program support
Largest: $6,000 to PHEASANTS FOREVER AND QUAIL FOREVER — conserve pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements
Largest: $9,100 to PHEASANTS FOREVER — habitat preservation and breeding
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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 →