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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 “species”
Where the money went
American Association ofSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
110 matching grants · $23.2M · through 2024Largest: $44,000 to SPECIES 360 — species conservation tool kit
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
73 matching grants · $14.0M · through 2023Largest: $82,312 to APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY WATER RESOURCES PLANNING COMMITTEE — red swamp crayfish invasive species study in nc
Largest: $100,000 to MISSOURI PRAIRIE FOUNDATION — toward 18-month support to bolster staff capacity, increase data collection, and broaden public awareness and activation via a robust educational campaign on invasive-plant species
Ncasi FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $203,638 to OFFICE OF RESEARCH AMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF MAINE — collaborative at-risk species projects with the u.s. fish & wildlife service
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DAKAR (UNAD) SOS SAHEL — the project will organize a 1-year training program in villages surrounding the niokolo-koba national park. two sets of workshops and training courses (to cover dry and rainy seaso…
Largest: $101,412 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — support for an innovative research and capacity building program of the centre for biodiversity conservation (cbc) that will inform and establish evidence-based management of endan…
Largest: $10,000 to MARK ANGELO CASTILLO BUCAY — unveiling the greatest species radiation in philippine archipelago: integrating phylogenomics and artificial intelligence to study the tempo and mode of speciation in begonia sect.…
Largest: $538,610 to PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — in support of research using environmental dna (edna) to collect and analyze geospatial and dynamic species data in three marine protected areas off the california coast spanning o…
Largest: $12,000 to SEMILLAS DEL OCEANO ONG — conservando los pastos marinos y sus especies asociadas, en bahia la graciosa, refugio de vida silvestre punta de manabique, a traves de la investigacion y concientizacion local/co…
Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY — advancing research for declining bird species
The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable TrustCrystal Lake, IL
12 matching grants · $67,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to Wild Animal Sanctuary — provide funds to help support and maintain more than 450 lions tigers bears leopards mountain lions wolves & other large carnivores; it is the largest carnivore sanctuary in the wo…
Largest: $10,000 to National Aviary Pittsburgh — for species survival initiatives, new veterinary treatments, research and science-based education programs for students
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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 →