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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 “ecosystem”
Where the money went
Largest: $160,000 to PHILANTHROFUND FOUNDATION — pfund foundation advances public understanding on issues facing queer citizens. they promote equity for lgbtq+ communities by providing grants and scholarships, developing leaders …
Largest: $250,000 to GLOBAL IMPACT INVESTING NETWORK INC — to build hong kong as a center of excellence in impact investing for connecting mainland chinas impact investing ecosystem with the world through research, investor engagement and …
Largest: $150,000 to ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY — ecosystem grants
Largest: $373,503 to The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ — to support the integration of ecosystem services and values into participatory land use planning processes and documents in critical amazonian ecosystems in peru and bolivia.
World Resources InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
74 matching grants · $26.0M · through 2023Largest: $4.2M to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
Largest: $90,000 to MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INST — investigating the productivity-diversity relationship across marine ecosystems
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
61 matching grants · $13.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to MINNESOTA BLACK COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION — economic opportunity - hometown (ecosystem)
Largest: $5.2M to ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE — 81568 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- economic policy institute
Largest: $550,000 to National Wildlife Federation — to build and lead coalitions, increase public understanding and conduct research on the water quality, water quantity and other challenges facing the great lakes ecosystem.
Largest: $250,000 to VENTURE NOIRE INC — support for working with kc bizcare to support local small business through new programs, ecosystem research and development of a small business capital fund that targets bipoc ent…
Largest: $370,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — to support the center for urban and regional affairs community programs to nourish an ecosystem for reparative policy change through data, research, organizing, and leadership deve…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
49 matching grants · $11.9M · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to YWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC — provide core support for the emancipatory education research ecosystems project to create a research ecosystem that is culturally responsive and inclusive of black, indigenous and …
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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 →