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12 funders with a record of paying for “poaching”
Where the money went
The Elephant ClubSan Clemente, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $816,600 · through 2024Largest: $275,000 to AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — anti-poaching and community outreach
Largest: $1.2M to FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US — (1) description: 17,870 shares of costar group, inc. securities (2) book value: $1,150,864 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securiti…
Largest: $32,000 to INTERNATIONAL ANTI-POACHING FOUNDATION INC — anti poaching and environmental protection projects, environmental education and ongoing operations
Conservation NationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $303,107 · through 2025Largest: $105,607 to African People & Wildlife Fund — funds the training/support for rapid response anti-poaching teams and a network of community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation officers.
Largest: $15,000 to STOP POACHING NOW — to promote social education & medical science research
Jewish Federation of ClevelandCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $550,000 to INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION — support of anti poaching operations
Largest: $15,800 to GORILLA HIGHLANDS COFFEE ASSOCIATION — to help communities living near gorilla habitats through projects aimed at deterring the poaching of gorillas
Largest: $5,000 to BIG LIFE FOUNDATION — to fund ranger program to continue anti-poaching & wildlife security work in east africa.
Largest: $4,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — support work to save elephants. the elephant crisis funda joint initiative of save the elephants and the wildlife conservation networkexists to fuel this coalition, encourage colla…
Largest: $50,000 to INTERNATIONAL ANTI-POACHING FOUNDATION (AKASHINGA) — to support the organization's mission in protecting rhinos.
Largest: $2,500 to AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS — to support cynthia moss' continued research of the population of elephants at the foot of mt. kilimanjaro, with emphasis on eliminating poaching
Largest: $50,000 to INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION — anti-poaching operations in kruger national park
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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 →