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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 “shark”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.0M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — to support the shark conservation fund
Largest: $50,000 to EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC — for shark stewards projects: ren hampton media and marketing internship and stop the ocean steal campaign, and kahu mano (shark keepers) ii recut, marine protected area and shark b…
Largest: $133,540 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — support smithsonian tropical research institute, shark dna project in tropical eastern pacific
Colgan FoundationCollegeville, PA
4 matching grants · $302,020 · through 2024Largest: $83,410 to FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY — support shark research
USA SwimmingColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $71,250 · through 2024Largest: $11,700 to Sarasota Sharks — club excellence
Largest: $40,000 to MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM — white shark research program
Largest: $60,000 to BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION — research the population dynamics of lemon sharks
Largest: $150,000 to SHARK CONSERVATION FUND — shark conservation fund
Largest: $20,000 to ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY INC — to support research efforts at the atlantic white shark conservancy
Largest: $250,000 to SHARK CONSERVATION FUND A PROJECT OF ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS — protecting the world's sharks and rays
Largest: $60,000 to Atlantic Shark Institute — to support the research of
Taube Foundation for Jewish LifeSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to SHARKS FOUNDATION — goals for kids
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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 →