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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 “ocean”
Where the money went
Largest: $590,000 to OCEAN RESEARCH & CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — ocean stewardship and research
Largest: $20,000 to SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC RESEARCH — in support of the in-person surface ocean lower atmosphere study (solas) summer school to be held in 2023, which brings together talented interdisciplinary students and scientists …
Southeast Coastal Ocean ObservingCharleston, SCCharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $18.4M · through 2024Largest: $127,946 to CODAR OCEAN SENSORS LTD — to further mission of providing ocean information to members and other parties
Largest: $2,500 to CONTACT OF OCEAN & MONMOUTH COUNTIES — general operating/flexible support for contact of ocean and monmouth counties' 24-hour crisis hotline service
Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD
66 matching grants · $38.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to OCEANS 5 — ocean conservation
Rock the Ocean FoundationNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
58 matching grants · $951,500 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to GUY HARVEY OCEAN FOUNDATION — ocean conservation research efforts
Largest: $350,000 to World Economic Forum — to support the launch phase of the 1000 ocean startups lighthouse (secretariat) and the work of the ocean action agenda's accelerating ocean innovation impact pillar.
Greenwave Organization CorpNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
57 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $125,830 to ALASKA OCEAN FARMS — direct payment to ocean farmer in recognition of a bundle of climate impacts that include carbon andnitrogen removal, reef restoration, and green jobs
Largest: $300,000 to Stockholm University — to support the seafood business for ocean stewardship secretariat, an industry-led sustainability platform, and to help the seafood industry transition from a driver of degradation…
Largest: $551,382 to BIGELOW LAB FOR OCEAN SCIENCES — genomic map of the dark ocean microbiome
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
33 matching grants · $15.7M · through 2023Largest: $5,250 to New England Aquarium Corporation — general operating support, right whale research program at anderson cabot center for ocean life, new england aquarium. support for right whale research program at anderson cabot ce…
National Marine Sanctuary FoundationSilver Spring, MDCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $39,050 to THE OCEAN FOUNDATION (FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE OCEAN PROJECT) — growing diverse youth engagement and leadership for our ocean
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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 →