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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 “zebras”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network — ewaso lion project, grevy's zebra trust, elephant crisis fund, and marecet research
Largest: $150,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY — to help with the zebra fish project at yale university
Heart of Florida United WayOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $208,187 · through 2024Largest: $56,379 to ZEBRA COALITION INC — community benefit
Universal Orlando FoundationOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $312,750 · through 2024Largest: $134,750 to ZEBRA COALITION — ugive grant, lgbtq+ mental health, zebra youth program center
Largest: $475,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK — save the elephants ($50,000), elephant crisis fund ($200,000), grevy's zebra trust ($5,000), rhino recovery fund ($20,000), saiga conservation alliance ($5,000), niassa lion projec…
Jacksonville Zoological SocietyJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2023Largest: $40,000 to WILDLIFE CONSERVATION GLOBAL INC — conservation support - grevy zebras - $5,000, trt conservation fountation-niassa lion project - $5,000
Largest: $200,000 to ZEBRAS UNITE — inclusive capital collective
Largest: $33,500 to ZEBRA COALITION — funding supports general operations and programming.
Proteus FundWaltham, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $103,175 · through 2023Largest: $37,971 to ZEBRA COALITION — rights & justice
Rite Aid Healthy FuturesEtters, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,691 · through 2024Largest: $10,441 to ZEBRA CROSSINGS — support local kids programs
American Association for LaboratoryMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $27,781 · through 2024Largest: $6,131 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — a comparison of led versus fluorescent lighting on behavior, stress, and reproductive success in laboratory zebra finches (taeniopygia guttata)
Largest: $3,000 to ZEBRA COALITION — to further charitable purpose of recipient
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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 →