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12 funders with a record of paying for “wolf”

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The Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc → Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: $832K across 9 grants, latest 2024Mwc Foundation Inc → Defenders of Wildlife: $425K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation: $318K across 3 grants, latest 2022Wilburforce Foundation → Defenders of Wildlife: $270K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Volgenau Foundation → Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Woodtiger Fund → International Wildlife Coexistence Network: $134K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wet Mtn Valley Community Foundation → Mission Wolf: $94K across 5 grants, latest 2025Defenders of Wildlife → Rangeland Wild: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2023Gary D Sasser and Colleen Gill Sasser → The Scott Wolf Scholarship Fund Co the Community Foundation of Middle Tenn: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Bank of America Charitable → Wolf River Conservancy Inc: $36K across 4 grants, latest 2023Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → California Wolf Center: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wood Howard for Charity Ta → Wolf Lake United Meth Church: $19K across 3 grants, latest 2025The Chicago Community Trust → University of Minnesota Foundation: $293K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Volgenau Foundation → Endangered Species Coalition: $220K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2024Mwc Foundation Inc → University of Idaho Foundation: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Woodtiger Fund → Resolve: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2023Defenders of Wildlife → White Mountain Apache Tribe: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Bank of America Charitable → Moxi the Wolf Museum of Explorati: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Wood Howard for Charity Ta → Wolf Lake Baptist Church: $19K across 3 grants, latest 2025Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Volgenau Foundation → Wildlands Network: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Cascadia Wildlands: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2022Wood Howard for Charity Ta → Wolf Lake Cemetery Assoc: $19K across 3 grants, latest 2025Defenders of Wildlife → Weiler Woods for Wildlife: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Woodtiger Fund → Wildearth Guardians: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Spring of Evolution Dba Wolf Connection: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Bank of America Charitable → Golf Fore Wolfe & A Cure Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Volgenau Foundation → Smithsonian Institute: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Volgenau Foundation → Defenders of Wildlife: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Volgenau Foundation → Wolf Haven International: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Moxi - the Wolf Museum of Exploration: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021Defenders of Wildlife → Wolf Conservation Center Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021Defenders of Wildlife → Rocky Mountain Front Ranchlands Group: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Woodtiger Fund → University of Minnesota: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Wolf Connection: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Wolf Haven International: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → The International Wildlife Coexistence Network: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → Wolf Trap Foundation for the Perfo: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Bank of America Charitable → Big Run Wolf Ranch Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → Wolf Lake Neighbors Foundation in: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → North American Wolf Foundation Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Bank of America Charitable → Soul of the Wolf Wildlife Sanctua: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → Wolf Conservation Center Foundatio: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Volgenau Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Volgenau Foundation$1.1MThe Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc: $832K on this topic. Open the funder.The Matthew Korn and Cynthia…$832KThe Chicago Community Trust: $652K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$652KMwc Foundation Inc: $520K on this topic. Open the funder.Mwc Foundation Inc$520KWilburforce Foundation: $465K on this topic. Open the funder.Wilburforce Foundation$465KThe Woodtiger Fund: $213K on this topic. Open the funder.The Woodtiger Fund$213KDefenders of Wildlife: $136K on this topic. Open the funder.Defenders of Wildlife$136KWet Mtn Valley Community Foundation: $94K on this topic. Open the funder.Wet Mtn Valley Community Foun…$94KThe Bank of America Charitable: $72K on this topic. Open the funder.The Bank of America Charitable$72KThornton S Jr and Katrina D: $65K on this topic. Open the funder.Thornton S Jr and Katrina D$65KWood Howard for Charity Ta: $56K on this topic. Open the funder.Wood Howard for Charity Ta$56KGary D Sasser and Colleen Gill Sasser: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Gary D Sasser and Colleen Gil…$45KWolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: received $852K on this topicWolf Trap Foundation for the Pe…$852KDefenders of Wildlife: received $845K on this topicDefenders of Wildlife$845KUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation: received $318K on this topicUniversity of Vermont and State…$318KUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: received $293K on this topicUniversity of Minnesota Foundat…$293KWolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: received $250K on this topicWolf Trap Foundation for the Pe…$250KEndangered Species Coalition: received $220K on this topicEndangered Species Coalition$220KWildlands Network: received $200K on this topicWildlands Network$200KSmithsonian Institute: received $150K on this topicSmithsonian Institute$150KInternational Wildlife Coexistence Network: received $134K on this topicInternational Wildlife Coexiste…$134KGrand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project: received $120K on this topicGrand Canyon Wolf Recovery Proj…$120KWolf Haven International: received $99K on this topicWolf Haven International$99KUniversity of Idaho Foundation: received $95K on this topicUniversity of Idaho Foundation$95KMission Wolf: received $94K on this topicMission Wolf$94KCascadia Wildlands: received $75K on this topicCascadia Wildlands$75KRangeland Wild: received $55K on this topicRangeland Wild$55KResolve: received $54K on this topicResolve$54KThe Scott Wolf Scholarship Fund Co the Community Foundation of Middle Tenn: received $45K on this topicThe Scott Wolf Scholarship Fund…$45KWolf River Conservancy Inc: received $36K on this topicWolf River Conservancy Inc$36KWhite Mountain Apache Tribe: received $36K on this topicWhite Mountain Apache Tribe$36KCalifornia Wolf Center: received $27K on this topicCalifornia Wolf Center$27KMoxi the Wolf Museum of Explorati: received $25K on this topicMoxi the Wolf Museum of Explora…$25KMoxi - the Wolf Museum of Exploration: received $20K on this topicMoxi - the Wolf Museum of Explo…$20KWolf Lake United Meth Church: received $19K on this topicWolf Lake United Meth Church$19KWolf Lake Baptist Church: received $19K on this topicWolf Lake Baptist Church$19KWolf Lake Cemetery Assoc: received $19K on this topicWolf Lake Cemetery Assoc$19KWeiler Woods for Wildlife: received $15K on this topicWeiler Woods for Wildlife$15KWildearth Guardians: received $15K on this topicWildearth Guardians$15KWolf Conservation Center Inc: received $15K on this topicWolf Conservation Center Inc$15KRocky Mountain Front Ranchlands Group: received $15K on this topicRocky Mountain Front Ranchlands…$15KWild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary: received $12K on this topicWild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary$12KSpring of Evolution Dba Wolf Connection: received $10K on this topicSpring of Evolution Dba Wolf Co…$10KUniversity of Minnesota: received $10K on this topicUniversity of Minnesota$10KWolf Connection: received $8K on this topicWolf Connection$8KThe International Wildlife Coexistence Network: received $4K on this topicThe International Wildlife Coex…$4KGolf Fore Wolfe & A Cure Inc: received $3K on this topicGolf Fore Wolfe & A Cure Inc$3KWolf Trap Foundation for the Perfo: received $2K on this topicWolf Trap Foundation for the Pe…$2KBig Run Wolf Ranch Inc: received $2K on this topicBig Run Wolf Ranch Inc$2KWolf Lake Neighbors Foundation in: received $1K on this topicWolf Lake Neighbors Foundation…$1KNorth American Wolf Foundation Inc: received $1K on this topicNorth American Wolf Foundation…$1KSoul of the Wolf Wildlife Sanctua: received $1K on this topicSoul of the Wolf Wildlife Sanct…$1KWolf Conservation Center Foundatio: received $1K on this topicWolf Conservation Center Founda…$1K
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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 →