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12 funders with a record of paying for “primate”
Where the money went The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation → Rewild: $733K across 11 grants, latest 2025 Chdi Foundation Inc → University of Kentucky Research Foundation: $676K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Primates Peru: $613K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Arcus Foundation → Rewild: $566K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lois E Womer Foundation → Primarily Primates Inc: $454K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Henry A Jubel Foundation → St Louis Zoo: $303K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Wisconsin-Madison: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary: $205K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bendon Family Foundation → Pacific Primate Sanctuary Inc: $100K across 5 grants, latest 2025 A Kinder World Foundation → Peaceable Primate Sanctuary: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Ahimsa Foundation → Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary: $51K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Anti-Vivisection Society → Primates Incorporated: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Arcus Foundation → Project Primate Inc: $375K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → York University: $297K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Chimp Haven: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation → New Nature Foundation: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 A Kinder World Foundation → Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary Inc: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Ahimsa Foundation → Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary: $49K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Anti-Vivisection Society → Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Arcus Foundation → Friends of the Earth: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $281K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 A Kinder World Foundation → Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation → International Primatological Society: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Anti-Vivisection Society → Peaceable Primate Sanctuary: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ahimsa Foundation → International Primate Protection League: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Arcus Foundation → Stop the Traffik: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Arcus Foundation → Yayasan Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Nyu School of Medicine: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Primarily Primates: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Primates Incorporated: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Primate Rescue Center: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Peaceable Primates Sanctuary: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc: $68K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Arcus Foundation → The Orangutan Conservancy: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → North American Primate Sanctuary Association Co Community Initiatives: $53K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Arcus Foundation → Animal Protection of New Mexico Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Project Chimps: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2025 A Kinder World Foundation → Primarily Primates: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Pittsburgh: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation → Conservation International: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Born Free USA: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Save the Chimps: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Center for Great Apes: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation → Western Washington University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation → Cornell University: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Anti-Vivisection Society → Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ahimsa Foundation → Pasa Primates: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The American Anti-Vivisection Society → Pan African Sanctuary Alliance: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Child Mind Institute Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Arcus Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Arcus Foundation $1.6M The Simons Foundation Inc: $986K on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $986K The American Anti-Vivisection Society: $920K on this topic. Open the funder. The American Anti-Vivisection… $920K The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation: $879K on this topic. Open the funder. The Margot Marsh Biodiversity… $879K Chdi Foundation Inc: $676K on this topic. Open the funder. Chdi Foundation Inc $676K Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $613K on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $613K Lois E Womer Foundation: $454K on this topic. Open the funder. Lois E Womer Foundation $454K Henry A Jubel Foundation: $303K on this topic. Open the funder. Henry A Jubel Foundation $303K A Kinder World Foundation: $191K on this topic. Open the funder. A Kinder World Foundation $191K Ahimsa Foundation: $128K on this topic. Open the funder. Ahimsa Foundation $128K National Anti-Vivisection Society: $111K on this topic. Open the funder. National Anti-Vivisection Soc… $111K Bendon Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Bendon Family Foundation $100K Rewild: received $1.3M on this topic Rewild $1.3M University of Kentucky Research Foundation: received $676K on this topic University of Kentucky Research… $676K Primates Peru: received $613K on this topic Primates Peru $613K Primarily Primates Inc: received $454K on this topic Primarily Primates Inc $454K Project Primate Inc: received $375K on this topic Project Primate Inc $375K Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary: received $304K on this topic Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary $304K St Louis Zoo: received $303K on this topic St Louis Zoo $303K University of Wisconsin-Madison: received $300K on this topic University of Wisconsin-Madison $300K Friends of the Earth: received $300K on this topic Friends of the Earth $300K York University: received $297K on this topic York University $297K New York University: received $281K on this topic New York University $281K Stop the Traffik: received $200K on this topic Stop the Traffik $200K Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary: received $151K on this topic Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary $151K Chimp Haven: received $135K on this topic Chimp Haven $135K Primates Incorporated: received $111K on this topic Primates Incorporated $111K Pacific Primate Sanctuary Inc: received $100K on this topic Pacific Primate Sanctuary Inc $100K Yayasan Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia: received $100K on this topic Yayasan Wahana Lingkungan Hidup… $100K Primarily Primates: received $100K on this topic Primarily Primates $100K Peaceable Primate Sanctuary: received $95K on this topic Peaceable Primate Sanctuary $95K Nyu School of Medicine: received $81K on this topic Nyu School of Medicine $81K Primate Rescue Center: received $70K on this topic Primate Rescue Center $70K Peaceable Primates Sanctuary: received $70K on this topic Peaceable Primates Sanctuary $70K Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc: received $68K on this topic Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitat… $68K New Nature Foundation: received $60K on this topic New Nature Foundation $60K The Orangutan Conservancy: received $60K on this topic The Orangutan Conservancy $60K Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary Inc: received $56K on this topic Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuar… $56K North American Primate Sanctuary Association Co Community Initiatives: received $53K on this topic North American Primate Sanctuar… $53K International Primatological Society: received $40K on this topic International Primatological So… $40K Animal Protection of New Mexico Inc: received $40K on this topic Animal Protection of New Mexico… $40K Project Chimps: received $35K on this topic Project Chimps $35K University of Pittsburgh: received $25K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $25K International Primate Protection League: received $22K on this topic International Primate Protectio… $22K Conservation International: received $20K on this topic Conservation International $20K Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest: received $18K on this topic Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest $18K Born Free USA: received $18K on this topic Born Free USA $18K Save the Chimps: received $18K on this topic Save the Chimps $18K Center for Great Apes: received $18K on this topic Center for Great Apes $18K Western Washington University: received $15K on this topic Western Washington University $15K Cornell University: received $11K on this topic Cornell University $11K Pasa Primates: received $6K on this topic Pasa Primates $6K Pan African Sanctuary Alliance: received $5K on this topic Pan African Sanctuary Alliance $5K Child Mind Institute Inc: received $3K on this topic Child Mind Institute Inc $3K 12 funders, 42 recipients, grants matching “primate” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $52,500 to OKLAHOMA PRIMATE SANCTUARY — general operating support and vet care for primate sanctuary
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Largest: $25,000 to REWILD — the primate tourism app: making responsible primate tourism free and accessible to all
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Largest: $80,000 to PROJECT PRIMATE INC — general operating support to protect primates, support education, law enforcement, and habitat protection activities as well as sanctuaries that rescue and rehabilitate orphaned pr…
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Largest: $183,628 to YORK UNIVERSITY — developing a closed-loop framework using artificial neural networks and non-human primate experiments to test theories of atypical facial emotion processing in asd
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Largest: $21,000 to PRIMATES INCORPORATED — to assist in constructing 3 outdoor enclosures for 5 rhesus monkeys retired from laboratories
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Largest: $20,000 to JUNGLE FRIENDS PRIMATE SANCTUARY — support for animals
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Largest: $35,000 to PEACEABLE PRIMATE SANCTUARY — animal welfare and conservation
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Largest: $339,982 to PRIMATES PERU — in support of the integration of tracking, mapping, and genomic technologies to study the movement ecology of seeds and seed dispersers.
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Largest: $20,000 to PACIFIC PRIMATE SANCTUARY INC — for organization general
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Largest: $100,000 to ST LOUIS ZOO — in support of primate care center
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Largest: $140,857 to PRIMARILY PRIMATES INC — general operating
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Largest: $270,350 to University of Kentucky Research Foundation — support for htt lowering in non-human primates
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