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12 funders with a record of paying for “wilderness”

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Wilburforce Foundation → The Wilderness Society: $2.3M across 18 grants, latest 2024Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → Wilderness Inquiry Inc: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $2.3M across 24 grants, latest 2024The Wilderness Society → The Wilderness Society Action Fund: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2023The Minneapolis Foundation → Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness: $586K across 4 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Open Sky Wilderness Therapy: $581K across 3 grants, latest 2023Marin Community Foundation → Alaska Wilderness League: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024Conservation Lands Foundation → New Mexico Wilderness Alliance: $417K across 4 grants, latest 2025Patagoniaorg → Alaska Wilderness League: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2023Seattle Foundation → The Wilderness Society: $184K across 11 grants, latest 2024National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → Sitka Conservation Society: $104K across 5 grants, latest 2025The New-Land Foundation Inc → Center for Biological Diversity: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $2.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: $1.6M across 16 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Deschutes Wilderness Therapy: $458K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Minneapolis Foundation → Wilderness Inquiry: $434K across 3 grants, latest 2024Marin Community Foundation → Northeast Minnesotans for Wilderness: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wilderness Society → Virginia Wilderness Committee: $282K across 4 grants, latest 2022Conservation Lands Foundation → Friends of Nevada Wilderness: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2025Seattle Foundation → Alaska Wilderness League: $97K across 10 grants, latest 2024National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → Wild Alabama: $92K across 3 grants, latest 2024Patagoniaorg → The Wilderness Society: $80K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → Neighborhood House: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2020The New-Land Foundation Inc → Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023Wilburforce Foundation → Alaska Wilderness League: $375K across 5 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness: $332K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Minneapolis Foundation → Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $310K across 4 grants, latest 2024Marin Community Foundation → Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wilderness Society → New Mexico Wilderness Alliance: $185K across 5 grants, latest 2023Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → St John in the Wilderness: $183K across 3 grants, latest 2024Conservation Lands Foundation → Montana Wilderness Association: $121K across 4 grants, latest 2025National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → Southern Appalachain Wilderne: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2025Patagoniaorg → Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2024The New-Land Foundation Inc → Western Colorado Alliance: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Seattle Foundation → Wild Earth Wilderness School: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Mcknight Foundation → Ely Folk School: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Wilburforce Foundation → Friends of Nevada Wilderness: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → New Mexico Wilderness Alliance: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Bluefire Wilderness Therapy: $243K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → New Vision Wilderness: $199K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Minneapolis Foundation → Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $192K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness: $190K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Wilderness Society → Wilderness Workshop: $145K across 5 grants, latest 2023Wilburforce Foundation → Wilderness Workshop: $131K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Elements Wilderness Program LLC: $124K across 1 grant, latest 2024Conservation Lands Foundation → Wilderness Workshop: $120K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Minneapolis Foundation → Steger Wilderness Center for Innovation and Leadership: $117K across 4 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Embark Behavioral Healthcare Co First Light Wilderness Therapy: $111K across 2 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Soda Mountain Wilderness Council: $109K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Wilderness Society → Wyoming Wilderness Association: $107K across 4 grants, latest 2022Marin Community Foundation → The Wilderness Society: $103K across 4 grants, latest 2024Marin Community Foundation → Northeast Wilderness Trust: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → True North Wilderness: $93K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → Bob Marshall Wilderness Found: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2025Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $86K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Wilderness Society → Montana Wilderness Association: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2023Conservation Lands Foundation → New Mexico Wilderness Alliance: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2022Marin Community Foundation → Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated: $80K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → New Mexico Wilderness All: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → Washington Trails Association: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2024Sky's the Limit Fund → Blue Fire Wilderness: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2023Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance → Continental Divide Trail Coal: $71K across 4 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation: $5.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Wilburforce Foundation$5.4MSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation: $4.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Saint Paul & Minnesota Founda…$4.9MThe Mcknight Foundation: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcknight Foundation$2.3MSky's the Limit Fund: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Sky's the Limit Fund$2.2MThe Wilderness Society: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Wilderness Society$2.0MThe Minneapolis Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Minneapolis Foundation$1.6MMarin Community Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Marin Community Foundation$1.3MConservation Lands Foundation: $938K on this topic. Open the funder.Conservation Lands Foundation$938KNational Wilderness Stewardship Alliance: $598K on this topic. Open the funder.National Wilderness Stewardsh…$598KPatagoniaorg: $395K on this topic. Open the funder.Patagoniaorg$395KSeattle Foundation: $316K on this topic. Open the funder.Seattle Foundation$316KThe New-Land Foundation Inc: $160K on this topic. Open the funder.The New-Land Foundation Inc$160KThe Wilderness Society: received $2.7M on this topicThe Wilderness Society$2.7MAmherst H Wilder Foundation: received $2.4M on this topicAmherst H Wilder Foundation$2.4MWilderness Inquiry Inc: received $2.3M on this topicWilderness Inquiry Inc$2.3MAmherst H Wilder Foundation: received $2.3M on this topicAmherst H Wilder Foundation$2.3MCanadian Parks and Wilderness Society: received $1.6M on this topicCanadian Parks and Wilderness S…$1.6MAlaska Wilderness League: received $1.2M on this topicAlaska Wilderness League$1.2MThe Wilderness Society Action Fund: received $1.2M on this topicThe Wilderness Society Action F…$1.2MFriends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness: received $657K on this topicFriends of the Boundary Waters…$657KOpen Sky Wilderness Therapy: received $581K on this topicOpen Sky Wilderness Therapy$581KNew Mexico Wilderness Alliance: received $565K on this topicNew Mexico Wilderness Alliance$565KNortheastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: received $461K on this topicNortheastern Minnesotans for Wi…$461KDeschutes Wilderness Therapy: received $458K on this topicDeschutes Wilderness Therapy$458KWilderness Inquiry: received $434K on this topicWilderness Inquiry$434KNew Mexico Wilderness Alliance: received $417K on this topicNew Mexico Wilderness Alliance$417KFriends of Nevada Wilderness: received $375K on this topicFriends of Nevada Wilderness$375KNortheast Minnesotans for Wilderness: received $350K on this topicNortheast Minnesotans for Wilde…$350KBlue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness: received $332K on this topicBlue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderne…$332KVirginia Wilderness Committee: received $282K on this topicVirginia Wilderness Committee$282KWilderness Workshop: received $276K on this topicWilderness Workshop$276KBluefire Wilderness Therapy: received $243K on this topicBluefire Wilderness Therapy$243KFriends of Nevada Wilderness: received $200K on this topicFriends of Nevada Wilderness$200KNortheast Wilderness Trust Corporation: received $200K on this topicNortheast Wilderness Trust Corp…$200KNew Vision Wilderness: received $199K on this topicNew Vision Wilderness$199KFriends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness: received $190K on this topicFriends of Scotchman Peaks Wild…$190KSt John in the Wilderness: received $183K on this topicSt John in the Wilderness$183KSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: received $150K on this topicSouthern Utah Wilderness Allian…$150KElements Wilderness Program LLC: received $124K on this topicElements Wilderness Program LLC$124KMontana Wilderness Association: received $121K on this topicMontana Wilderness Association$121KWilderness Workshop: received $120K on this topicWilderness Workshop$120KSteger Wilderness Center for Innovation and Leadership: received $117K on this topicSteger Wilderness Center for In…$117KEmbark Behavioral Healthcare Co First Light Wilderness Therapy: received $111K on this topicEmbark Behavioral Healthcare Co…$111KSoda Mountain Wilderness Council: received $109K on this topicSoda Mountain Wilderness Council$109KWyoming Wilderness Association: received $107K on this topicWyoming Wilderness Association$107KSitka Conservation Society: received $104K on this topicSitka Conservation Society$104KNortheast Wilderness Trust: received $100K on this topicNortheast Wilderness Trust$100KTrue North Wilderness: received $93K on this topicTrue North Wilderness$93KWild Alabama: received $92K on this topicWild Alabama$92KSouthern Appalachain Wilderne: received $90K on this topicSouthern Appalachain Wilderne$90KBob Marshall Wilderness Found: received $90K on this topicBob Marshall Wilderness Found$90KMontana Wilderness Association: received $85K on this topicMontana Wilderness Association$85KWilderness Youth Project Incorporated: received $80K on this topicWilderness Youth Project Incorp…$80KNew Mexico Wilderness All: received $76K on this topicNew Mexico Wilderness All$76KNeighborhood House: received $75K on this topicNeighborhood House$75KWashington Trails Association: received $75K on this topicWashington Trails Association$75KBlue Fire Wilderness: received $73K on this topicBlue Fire Wilderness$73KContinental Divide Trail Coal: received $71K on this topicContinental Divide Trail Coal$71KCenter for Biological Diversity: received $70K on this topicCenter for Biological Diversity$70KWestern Colorado Alliance: received $40K on this topicWestern Colorado Alliance$40KWild Earth Wilderness School: received $35K on this topicWild Earth Wilderness School$35KEly Folk School: received $20K on this topicEly Folk School$20K
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