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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 “seadoc”
Where the money went
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $147,000 · through 2024Largest: $1,500 to SEADOC SOCIETY — to support seadoc research projects dedicated to the health of the salish sea
Largest: $70,000 to THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — the seadoc society
Largest: $25,000 to The Drayer Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis — f/b/o the seadoc society
Largest: $10,500 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UC DAVIS — seadocs society
Largest: $6,000 to SEADOC SOCIETY — general operations
Largest: $5,000 to THE SEADOC SOCIETY — general program support
Largest: $1,000 to SEADOC — support organization
Largest: $20,000 to THE SEADOC SOCIETY — unrestricted support of organization's exempt purpose.
Orcas Island Community FoundationEastsound, WACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $26,550 · through 2024Largest: $15,050 to SEADOC SOCIETY — various purposes as approved by oicf board
Largest: $1,500 to THE SEADOC SOCIETY - US DAVIS — support cutting edge science that will help protect the salish sea for future generations.
Wild OrcaFriday Harbor, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $145,000 · through 2024Largest: $145,000 to The UC Davis Foundation — to facilitate the continuation of wild orca's conservation research work that will be transitioned fully to seadoc society, a program of the uc davis foundation.
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — seadoc society
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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 →