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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 “chimpanzees”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.3M to SAVE THE CHIMPS INC — general operating support to provide refuge and exemplary care to chimpanzees in need through permanent sanctuary, serving chimpanzees rescued from research, entertainment, and the…
The American Anti-Vivisection SocietyJenkintown, PACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $614,593 · through 2025Largest: $42,500 to CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NORTHWEST — care of chimpanzees formerly used in research and capacity building to accommodate chimpanzees left homeless by closure of a facility + veterinary care supplemental grant
Largest: $10,000 to PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE — protecting endangered chimpanzees (pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) through human-chimpanzee conflict reduction in kagadi district, uganda
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $138,500 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NORTHWEST — to support the memorial garden.
Doris Day Animal FoundationOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $145,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NW — for veterinary care, medical supplies, food, and enrichment for chimpanzees at wildlife waystation.
The Humane Society of the United StatesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $11.6M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to Project Chimps Inc — funding to provide sanctuary and care for former research chimpanzees
Largest: $500,000 to SAVE THE CHIMPS INC — to support the emergency rescue and care for chimpanzees.
Largest: $20,000 to CENTER FOR ORANGUTAN AND CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION INC — new chimpanzees health care
Largest: $75,000 to CENTER FOR ORANGUTAN AND CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION INC — operations support for veterinary care
Largest: $10,000 to Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation Inc — enrichment for chimpanzee rehabilitations
National Anti-Vivisection SocietyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $56,000 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to SAVE THE CHIMPS — chimpanzees in need campaign
Largest: $30,000 to CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NW — animal welfare
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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 →