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12 funders with a record of paying for “turtle”
Where the money went National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Sea Turtle Conservancy: $3.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 University of Pittsburgh → Turtle Creek Valley Mhmr Inc: $2.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mwc Foundation Inc → New England Aquarium: $360K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Turtle Creek Conservancy: $167K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Loggerhead Marine Life Center: $110K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Frankel Family Foundation → Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Island: $103K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island: $59K across 4 grants, latest 2022 Felburn Foundation → Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation: $49K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation → University of the Virgin Islands: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2024 See Turtles → Sea Turtle Conservancy: $39K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc → Caretta Research Project: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → The Ocean Foundation: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mwc Foundation Inc → Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfleet Bay: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Turtle Creek Association Inc: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Sea Turtle Patrol Hhi: $47K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Felburn Foundation → Sea Turtle Conservancy: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation → The Hawksbill Project: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 See Turtles → Amigos of Costa Rica: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc → Loggerhead Marinelife Center: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Frankel Family Foundation → Turtle Conservancy: $21K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Painted Turtle: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2020 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Stantec Consulting Ltd: $637K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mwc Foundation Inc → Turtle Island Restoration Network: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Gumbo Limbo Nature Center: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Turtle Creek Chorale Inc: $46K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation → Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 See Turtles → Sea Turtle Conservancy: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Turtle Trackers: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → North Jersey Rc&d Area Inc: $299K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Oakland County Parks and Recreation: $208K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → East Coast Observers: $122K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Ecolibrium Inc: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → New England Aquarium Corporation: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2025 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Widecast Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Nature Conservancy Florida Chapter: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → New England Wildlife Center Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Florida Oceanographic Society: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2025 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → National Marine Life Center Inc: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Inwater Research Group Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → National Marine Life Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Sea Turtle Conservancy: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → La Department of Wildlife & Fisheries: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → The Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Patricia Bargo Dba East Coast Observers: $44K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Hawaii Marine Mammal Alliance Inc: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Sea Turtle Inc: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Susquehannock Wildlife Society: $39K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Alabama Coastal Foundation: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Sea Turtles Inc: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → The Nature Conservancy Florida Chapter: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → The Nature Conservancy: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → New England Aquarium: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → The Leatherback Trust: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Haiti Ocean Project: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Scuba Dogs Society Inc: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Sea Turtle Care & Conservation Specialist: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Love A Sea Turtle: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Little River Wetlands Project Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Pilots to the Rescue: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $6.0M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $6.0M University of Pittsburgh: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. University of Pittsburgh $2.4M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $2.0M Knopf Family Foundation Inc: $974K on this topic. Open the funder. Knopf Family Foundation Inc $974K Mwc Foundation Inc: $720K on this topic. Open the funder. Mwc Foundation Inc $720K Communities Foundation of Texas Inc: $348K on this topic. Open the funder. Communities Foundation of Tex… $348K Frankel Family Foundation: $124K on this topic. Open the funder. Frankel Family Foundation $124K Community Foundation of the Lowcountry: $114K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of the L… $114K Felburn Foundation: $94K on this topic. Open the funder. Felburn Foundation $94K The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation: $81K on this topic. Open the funder. The Cameron and Jane Baird Fo… $81K See Turtles: $73K on this topic. Open the funder. See Turtles $73K Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc: $48K on this topic. Open the funder. Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc $48K Sea Turtle Conservancy: received $3.2M on this topic Sea Turtle Conservancy $3.2M Turtle Creek Valley Mhmr Inc: received $2.4M on this topic Turtle Creek Valley Mhmr Inc $2.4M The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $2.0M on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Le… $2.0M The Ocean Foundation: received $1.1M on this topic The Ocean Foundation $1.1M Stantec Consulting Ltd: received $637K on this topic Stantec Consulting Ltd $637K New England Aquarium: received $385K on this topic New England Aquarium $385K North Jersey Rc&d Area Inc: received $299K on this topic North Jersey Rc&d Area Inc $299K Oakland County Parks and Recreation: received $208K on this topic Oakland County Parks and Recrea… $208K Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfleet Bay: received $180K on this topic Massachusetts Audobon - Wellfle… $180K Turtle Island Restoration Network: received $180K on this topic Turtle Island Restoration Netwo… $180K Turtle Creek Conservancy: received $167K on this topic Turtle Creek Conservancy $167K East Coast Observers: received $122K on this topic East Coast Observers $122K Loggerhead Marine Life Center: received $110K on this topic Loggerhead Marine Life Center $110K Ecolibrium Inc: received $107K on this topic Ecolibrium Inc $107K Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Island: received $103K on this topic Indigenous Educational Network… $103K Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc: received $95K on this topic Hidden Harbor Marine Environmen… $95K Gumbo Limbo Nature Center: received $95K on this topic Gumbo Limbo Nature Center $95K New England Aquarium Corporation: received $70K on this topic New England Aquarium Corporation $70K Widecast Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc: received $68K on this topic Widecast Wider Caribbean Sea Tu… $68K Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc: received $65K on this topic Clinic for the Rehabilitation o… $65K Nature Conservancy Florida Chapter: received $65K on this topic Nature Conservancy Florida Chap… $65K Turtle Creek Association Inc: received $63K on this topic Turtle Creek Association Inc $63K New England Wildlife Center Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center: received $60K on this topic New England Wildlife Center Bir… $60K Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island: received $59K on this topic Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head I… $59K Florida Oceanographic Society: received $55K on this topic Florida Oceanographic Society $55K National Marine Life Center Inc: received $52K on this topic National Marine Life Center Inc $52K Inwater Research Group Inc: received $50K on this topic Inwater Research Group Inc $50K National Marine Life Center: received $50K on this topic National Marine Life Center $50K Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute: received $50K on this topic Clearwater Marine Aquarium Rese… $50K Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation: received $49K on this topic Turtle Survival Alliance Founda… $49K La Department of Wildlife & Fisheries: received $49K on this topic La Department of Wildlife & Fis… $49K Sea Turtle Patrol Hhi: received $47K on this topic Sea Turtle Patrol Hhi $47K Turtle Creek Chorale Inc: received $46K on this topic Turtle Creek Chorale Inc $46K The Conservancy of Southwest Florida: received $45K on this topic The Conservancy of Southwest Fl… $45K Patricia Bargo Dba East Coast Observers: received $44K on this topic Patricia Bargo Dba East Coast O… $44K Hawaii Marine Mammal Alliance Inc: received $42K on this topic Hawaii Marine Mammal Alliance I… $42K Sea Turtle Inc: received $41K on this topic Sea Turtle Inc $41K University of the Virgin Islands: received $41K on this topic University of the Virgin Islands $41K Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation: received $41K on this topic Sanibel Captiva Conservation Fo… $41K Susquehannock Wildlife Society: received $39K on this topic Susquehannock Wildlife Society $39K Sea Turtle Conservancy: received $39K on this topic Sea Turtle Conservancy $39K Alabama Coastal Foundation: received $36K on this topic Alabama Coastal Foundation $36K Sea Turtles Inc: received $31K on this topic Sea Turtles Inc $31K Caretta Research Project: received $25K on this topic Caretta Research Project $25K The Hawksbill Project: received $25K on this topic The Hawksbill Project $25K The Nature Conservancy Florida Chapter: received $25K on this topic The Nature Conservancy Florida… $25K The Nature Conservancy: received $25K on this topic The Nature Conservancy $25K The Leatherback Trust: received $24K on this topic The Leatherback Trust $24K Amigos of Costa Rica: received $23K on this topic Amigos of Costa Rica $23K Loggerhead Marinelife Center: received $23K on this topic Loggerhead Marinelife Center $23K Turtle Conservancy: received $21K on this topic Turtle Conservancy $21K Haiti Ocean Project: received $17K on this topic Haiti Ocean Project $17K Scuba Dogs Society Inc: received $17K on this topic Scuba Dogs Society Inc $17K Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network: received $15K on this topic Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Cons… $15K Sea Turtle Care & Conservation Specialist: received $15K on this topic Sea Turtle Care & Conservation… $15K Love A Sea Turtle: received $14K on this topic Love A Sea Turtle $14K Little River Wetlands Project Inc: received $11K on this topic Little River Wetlands Project I… $11K Pilots to the Rescue: received $10K on this topic Pilots to the Rescue $10K Turtle Trackers: received $9K on this topic Turtle Trackers $9K The Painted Turtle: received $1K on this topic The Painted Turtle $1K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “turtle” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). 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: $25,000 to SEA TURTLE CONSERVANCY — for research and conservation at critical sea turtle nesting beaches and in-water sites and for taking care of the sick turtles, or severely injured and transferring them to a reha…
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Largest: $649,148 to SEA TURTLE CONSERVANCY — improving light rules for sea turtles in florida
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Largest: $79,324 to TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY — this grant is designated for general support.
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Largest: $60,000 to TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK — protect endangered sea turtles and habitats
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Largest: $30,000 to SEA TURTLE PATROL HILTON HEAD ISLAND — support of brian shamblin uga foundation warnell school of forestry & natural resources sea turtle genetics research
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Largest: $24,000 to Sea Turtle Conservancy — sea turtle conservation
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Largest: $10,000 to TURTLE CONSERVANCY — chelonian research foundation
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Largest: $665,555 to TURTLE CREEK VALLEY MHMR INC — research- subcontract
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Largest: $15,000 to LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER — to support research, preservation, rescue, rehabilitation and public education programs on loggerhead sea turtles.
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Largest: $15,000 to WIDER CARIBBEAN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION NETWORK — support for sea turtle research
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Largest: $15,000 to SEA TURTLE CONSERVANCY — sea turtle research and conservation programs
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Largest: $750,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — in support of the integration of oceanographic data with turtle tracking tags to study movement ecology.
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