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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 “swamp”
Where the money went
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $575,840 · through 2023Largest: $342,773 to FRIENDS OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — restoring dismal swamp wetlands for wildlife va
Largest: $40,000 to NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC - CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY & BLAIR AUDUBON — for research supplies for ecological monitoring including fish traps, drone accessories for aerial monitoring wood storks in sw fl, and safety gear to support wildlife management
Toledo Community FoundationToledo, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $110,752 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BLACK SWAMP ARTS COUNCIL — for the black swamp arts center
Community Foundation of CollierNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $823,359 · through 2024Largest: $453,954 to CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY — human services
Largest: $221,000 to GREAT SWAMP WATER SHED ASSOC — protecting water resources
Largest: $6,700 to GREAT SWAMP WATERSHED ASSOCIATION — restricted grant
Largest: $1,500 to BLACK SWAMP AREA COUNCIL — annual general appeal
Largest: $15,000 to Great Swamp Watershed Association — general operating
Largest: $30,000 to BLACK SWAMP AREA COUNCIL 449 BSA — unrestricted donation
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $507,500 · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to OKEFENOKEE SWAMP PARK — to support okefenokee national wildlife refuge world heritage site bid - phase two: reimagined nature center
Largest: $170,000 to BORNEO NATURE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL — support for protection, restoration and sustainable management of wild ape habitat, protecting the orangutans and gibbons of the peat swamp forests of central kalimantan.
Largest: $15,000 to GREAT SWAMP WATERSHED ASSOCIATION — environmental protection
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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 →