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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
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4 funders with a record of paying for “taxonomic”
Where the money went Band Foundation → Natureserve: $202K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Jrs Biodiversity Foundation → Northwest University South Africa: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2024 International Association for → Titien Ngatinem Praptosuwiryo: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Washington Biologists' Field Club Inc → Jun Wen: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Gabriel Komla Ameka: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Jacob Watts: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Association for → Raquel Pizzardo: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Association for → Fuvio Rubens Oliveira Da Silva: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Khant Zaw Hein: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 International Association for → Mauricio Figueira: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 International Association for → Maverick N Tamayo: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Melissa H Pecundo: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Association for → Oscar Mauricio Lopez Floriano: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Association for → Lazaro Henrique Soares De Moraes Co: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Association for → Ainun Nadhifah: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Fitiavana Rasaminirina: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Association for → Deivid Andres Fonseca Cortes: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Diego Ferreira Da Silva: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Association for → Fernanda Ribeiro De Mello Fraga: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Susana Vega Betancur: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Association for → Yeison Londono-Echeverri: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 International Association for → Alexandre Gibau De Lima: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Association for → Rinchen Yangzom: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Association for → Samuele Gerace: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 International Association for → Paulo Cardoso Da Silveira: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Band Foundation: $202K on this topic. Open the funder. Band Foundation $202K International Association for: $64K on this topic. Open the funder. International Association for $64K Jrs Biodiversity Foundation: $48K on this topic. Open the funder. Jrs Biodiversity Foundation $48K Washington Biologists' Field Club Inc: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. Washington Biologists' Field… $2K Natureserve: received $202K on this topic Natureserve $202K Northwest University South Africa: received $48K on this topic Northwest University South Afri… $48K Titien Ngatinem Praptosuwiryo: received $10K on this topic Titien Ngatinem Praptosuwiryo $10K Gabriel Komla Ameka: received $10K on this topic Gabriel Komla Ameka $10K Jacob Watts: received $4K on this topic Jacob Watts $4K Raquel Pizzardo: received $4K on this topic Raquel Pizzardo $4K Jun Wen: received $2K on this topic Jun Wen $2K Fuvio Rubens Oliveira Da Silva: received $2K on this topic Fuvio Rubens Oliveira Da Silva $2K Khant Zaw Hein: received $2K on this topic Khant Zaw Hein $2K Mauricio Figueira: received $2K on this topic Mauricio Figueira $2K Maverick N Tamayo: received $2K on this topic Maverick N Tamayo $2K Melissa H Pecundo: received $2K on this topic Melissa H Pecundo $2K Oscar Mauricio Lopez Floriano: received $2K on this topic Oscar Mauricio Lopez Floriano $2K Lazaro Henrique Soares De Moraes Co: received $2K on this topic Lazaro Henrique Soares De Morae… $2K Ainun Nadhifah: received $2K on this topic Ainun Nadhifah $2K Fitiavana Rasaminirina: received $2K on this topic Fitiavana Rasaminirina $2K Deivid Andres Fonseca Cortes: received $2K on this topic Deivid Andres Fonseca Cortes $2K Diego Ferreira Da Silva: received $2K on this topic Diego Ferreira Da Silva $2K Fernanda Ribeiro De Mello Fraga: received $2K on this topic Fernanda Ribeiro De Mello Fraga $2K Susana Vega Betancur: received $2K on this topic Susana Vega Betancur $2K Yeison Londono-Echeverri: received $2K on this topic Yeison Londono-Echeverri $2K Alexandre Gibau De Lima: received $2K on this topic Alexandre Gibau De Lima $2K Rinchen Yangzom: received $2K on this topic Rinchen Yangzom $2K Samuele Gerace: received $2K on this topic Samuele Gerace $2K Paulo Cardoso Da Silveira: received $2K on this topic Paulo Cardoso Da Silveira $2K 4 funders, 25 recipients, grants matching “taxonomic” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. 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: $2,000 to LAZARO HENRIQUE SOARES DE MORAES CO — integrated studies in psidium sect. mitranthes (o.berg) tuler & proenca (myrtaceae): taxonomic revision, phylogeny, biogeography and first chromosome counts
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $102,067 to NATURESERVE — southeastern grassland plants: priority status assessments and taxonomic updates for at risk species
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $36,920 to NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY SOUTH AFRICA — to support training and guides to build bee taxonomic capacity among citizen scientists in south africa.
Full grant history → IRS filings ↗
Largest: $2,388 to JUN WEN — assessing the taxonomic diversity of hedera (the ivy plant genus) in the mid-atlantic region
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