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Grants for wildlife sanctuaries
294 wildlife sanctuaries and refuges received at least $1.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 847 grants made from 596 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 596 foundations, 82% made just a single grant to wildlife sactuaries, and 3% made grants to four or more wildlife sactuaries. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$1,337,649
Total grant dollars given to wildlife sanctuaries
847
Number of grants made annually to wildlife sanctuaries
596
Number of grantmakers funding wildlife sanctuaries
$1,000
Median grant size to wildlife sanctuaries
Foundations that support wildlife sanctuaries and refuges
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to wildlife sactuaries | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting wildlife sanctuaries and refuges
Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges grantees
Wildlife sanctuaries with more than $5 million in total revenues received 23% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 27% of all wildlife sactuaries.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
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| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to wildlife sanctuaries
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| California Wildlife Center (CWC) | $5,000 | Environment and Animals | Santa Barbara Foundation |
| Sea Turtle Preservation Society | $5,000 | General Operations | Hastings Community Foundation |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $5,000 | Charitable Contribution Through the Matching Gifts Program | Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF) |
| Backcountry Hunters and Anglers | $5,000 | Operating Expenses | The Albany Foundation |
| Blue Ridge Wildlife Center | $5,000 | General Support | Monomoy Fund |
| St Francis Wildlife Association | $5,000 | General Support | Appreciation of Earth and Animal Foundation |
| The Wilds | $5,000 | Conservation | The Columbus Foundation |
| Walden's Puddle | $5,000 | Animals | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) |
| Sky Dog Sanctuary | $5,000 | Charitable Purposes | Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation |
| American Wildlife Foundation | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Juneau Raptor Center | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Badger Run Wildlife Rehab | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Blue Mountain Wildlife | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| West Sound Wildlife Shelter | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Pawsitivity Catlink | $5,000 | General Operating | Wildlife Support Charitable Trust |
| Born Free USA united with API | $5,000 | Support for Animals | Ahimsa Foundation |
| Animals for Education Critter Creek Wildlife Station | $5,000 | Build Raptor Flight Cage | Thornton S. Glide Jr. and Katrina D. Glide Foundation |
| Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue | $5,000 | General Charitable Purposes | Farley Family Charitable Foundation |
| Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue | $5,000 | Program Support | The Henry Foundation |
| Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival | $5,000 | Support Local Fundraiser That Provides High School Scholarships | Cheniere Foundation |
| Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge | $5,000 | For Greatest Need Program | MKM Foundation |
| Raptors of the Rockies | $5,000 | Unrestricted | Baldwin Management |
| Wild Tomorrow Fund | $5,000 | General | Fisher Brothers Foundation % Fisher Brothers |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Wildlife sanctuaries" category for this page is determined by the "D34: Wildlife Sanctuary, Refuge" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.