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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 “transboundary”
Where the money went
Largest: $175,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — environmental - transboundary research scientist
Largest: $2.5M to FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — to support the conservation of transboundary freshwater habitat in the western amazon through scientific research and co-production of knowledge.
Largest: $98,000 to CLIMATE CONSERVATION — support for assessing major threats to apes and human communities from linear infrastructure (li) across three pilot landscapes: northern india, peninsular and eastern sabah malays…
RewildAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION (SEITC) — research conservation
Largest: $130,100 to SADC GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE — for the project "groundwater dependent ecosystems (gdes) and biodiversity in the khakea/bray transboundary aquifer".
Largest: $15,000 to SE ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION — stewardship and food security opportunities
Largest: $15,000 to SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION — to support environmental projects.
Largest: $450,000 to CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION — strengthening bhs management and catalyzing a transboundary nature peace park
Cougar FundJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS INC — grant for transboundary study of the southern border
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION — sustainable environment
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission — alliances & advocacy
Na'Ah Illahee FundSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $23,000 · through 2024Largest: $23,000 to SE Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission — indigenous lifeways
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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 →