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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 “flora”
Where the money went
Largest: $241,776 to FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL — support for cao-vit gibbon conservation in vietnam by maintaining core activities whilst action planning proceeds.
Largest: $25,000 to USC - FLORA L THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC — usc thornton community engagement program
Largest: $1.5M to FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL — nature-based solutions to enhance climate resilience
Largest: $9,960 to IWAN E MOLGO — "exploration of the flora of poorly documented inselbergs and inselberg-associated habitats in suriname"
Largest: $20,000 to FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL — community-based conservation of the myanmar snub-nosed monkey (rhinopithecus strykeri), myanmar phase iv
The Dunvegan Foundation of theSouthern Pines, NC
6 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $1,500 to IONA COMMUNITY WORLD FOUNDATION — dame flora scholarship
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $138,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC — support of environmental programs
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $97,000 · through 2024Largest: $42,000 to CHILDREN'S FAIRYLAND — general support, fairyland flora & fauna, cj hirshfield fund
O'Brate FoundationGarden City, KS
4 matching grants · $11,500 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to KAYLA FLORA — scholarship for higher education
Largest: $22,914 to Flora Community School — student field tripsclassroom supplieseducational projects
Largest: $22,000 to BROOKGREEN GARDENS — preservation of south carolina's native flora and fauna & display/preservation of garden sculptures
Largest: $15,000 to HAWAII LAND TRUST — to support conservation of hawai'i land, fauna and flora. we appreciate the great work hilt is doing in conservation across the islands
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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 →