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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 “waterkeeper”
Where the money went
Waterkeeper AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $389,177 · through 2024Largest: $36,703 to LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER — waterkeeper organizing
Largest: $5,000 to LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER — california waterkeeper's peer learning retreat
Largest: $15,000 to BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER DBA MIAMI WATERKEEPER — to support environmental projects.
Largest: $375,000 to BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER INC — to support the coastal resiliency study for the city of buffalo.
Resources Legacy FundSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $540,000 · through 2024Largest: $155,000 to LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER — land or marine conservation, climate change, and/or environ. equity and justice.
Largest: $155,000 to THREE RIVERS WATERKEEPER INC — to protect water quality and health in the urban waters of pittsburgh
Environment NowNewport Beach, CA
7 matching grants · $218,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE FOR BAJA WATERKEEPERS PROJECT — support for water quality monitoring in baja california
Water FoundationSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $860,750 · through 2024Largest: $265,000 to BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER — water access and conservation
Sangham FoundationSanta Barbara, CA
7 matching grants · $178,250 · through 2024Largest: $48,000 to SNAKE RIVER WATERKEEPER — in furtherance of section 501(c)(3) charitable purpose
Largest: $75,000 to LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER — general & unrestricted
The Cynthia & George Mitchell FoundationThe Woodlands, TX
6 matching grants · $378,415 · through 2024Largest: $130,000 to Bayou City Waterkeeper Inc — for the protection of water quality, wetlands, and water resources in the lower galveston bay watershed in houston
Largest: $1.0M to MIAMI WATERKEEPER — to support the growth of miami waterkeeper, a climate resilience nonprofit organization, through the hiring of executive leadership and the development and implementation of a digi…
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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 →