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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 “wolf”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — 2024-2025 wolf trap institute early stem/arts program
The Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family FoundationMcLean, VA
9 matching grants · $832,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts — to support the wolf trap foundation general operating fund.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $651,550 · through 2022Largest: $293,000 to University of Minnesota Foundation — voyageurs wolf research fund, general operating support for medical school, support for the raptor center, stay the course program fund, support for bakken center for spirituality …
Largest: $7,000 to CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER — to provide nutritious wolf food and essential medical care and veterinarian supplies for the wolf population under our care.
Largest: $25,000 to MOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATI — program/operating support
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $136,015 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Wolf Conservation Center Inc — to assist with conducting red wolf social tolerance research.
Largest: $40,000 to UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION — for gray wolf research project
Largest: $15,000 to THE SCOTT WOLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND CO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENN — to endow permanent scholarships for associates of averitt express, inc. and their children who desire to continue their educaction beyond high school. the fund was setup to acknowl…
Largest: $50,000 to INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK — wolf initiative
Largest: $12,809 to WOLF LAKE CEMETERY ASSOC — general operating
Largest: $150,000 to DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE — environmental - coexistence with wildlife and mexican wolf recovery 2024
Wet Mtn Valley Community FoundationWestcliffe, COCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $93,952 · through 2025Largest: $20,136 to MISSION WOLF — wolf preservation
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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 →