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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.
5 funders with a record of paying for “warnell”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to UGA FDN-WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY — warnell school fund funding.
Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton HeadHilton Head, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $110,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to UNIVERSITY OF GA FOUNDATION WARNEL SCHOOL — dna research project
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island, SCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2022Largest: $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
Largest: $725,000 to UGA FOUNDATION — warnell school of forestry
Horticultural Research InstituteColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,900 · through 2022Largest: $21,900 to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WARNELL SCHOOL — creation of emerald ash borer-resistant "lingering ash" cultivars for restoration of ash as landscape and street trees
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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 →

