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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 “predator”
Where the money went
Nashville Predators FoundationNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $292,454 · through 2024Largest: $109,258 to NASHVILLE PREDATORS — nashville predators suite + game tickets for speciality group sponsored by player
Largest: $80,000 to NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION- SBNMS — the volgenau foundation fellowship in top predator ecology
Sisko Kidz FoundationObetz, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $146,165 · through 2023Largest: $54,850 to PICKERINGTON PREDATORS — program expenses
Largest: $19,000 to SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY — anti-predator vigilance in a high-density, predator-free population of black-tailed deer
Largest: $100,000 to REDEEM INTERNATIONAL — helping to make vulnerable widows and orphans safe from violent predators
Largest: $10,000 to PREDATOR DEFENSE — unrestricted grants
Largest: $78,750 to EMPOWERS AFRICA INC — kenya wildlife trust: mara predator conservation program
Largest: $20,000 to SAFE CHILDREN COALITION — donation to develop an educational campaign for sexual predation of minors in the internet
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $672,918 · through 2023Largest: $562,529 to RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY — shorebird predation management along the atlantic
Largest: $130,000 to POWER OVER PREDATORS — unrestricted general
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida ITallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $63,188 · through 2024Largest: $37,358 to FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION — coral reef restoration enhancement using a potential corallivore predator the spotted spiny lobster, panulirus guttatus
Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — predator research
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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 →