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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 “butterfly”
Where the money went
Transgender Law CenterOakland, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $743,400 · through 2024Largest: $140,800 to Mex AmerLegDefenseEduFund — border butterflies proj.
Largest: $25,000 to PS BY PENINSULA SA DE CV — to produce el guardian, an investigative documentary following the life and murder of homero gomez gonzalez, an environmentalist, activist and defender of the monarch butterfly san…
Largest: $115,000 to EARTH'S BIRTHDAY PROJECT — butterflies & sunflowers classroom 2022
Largest: $105,000 to UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK — grant: butterflies programgrant: butterflies program
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $608,461 · through 2023Largest: $245,091 to IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — iowa prairie restoration for monarch butterflies
Largest: $1,000 to BUTTERFLYS HAVEN — butterflys haven
Largest: $500,000 to BUTTERFLY PAVILION — general operations
Largest: $2,500 to SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES FOUNDATION — social butterflies foundation youth scholarships
Sioux Falls Area Community FoundationSioux Falls, SDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $859,682 · through 2024Largest: $488,689 to SIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM — general support, campaign support, butterfly house
Largest: $225,000 to TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER — support for the border butterfly project developing an immediate and long-term response at the us/mexico border for lgbt migrants and the detention systems that harm them.
Largest: $125,000 to BUTTERFLY PAVILLION — conservation work with elephants and bees
River Region United WayMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $70,100 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to BUTTERFLY BRIDGE AUTAUGAELMORE — assist with organization's programs and services
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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 →