Who funds Defenders of Wildlife?
169 private foundations reported grants to Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, District of Columbia totaling $3.5 million across 183 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319, with $450,000.
From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.
- Foundation funders169
- Grants reported183
- Total received$3.5 million
- Funders taking applications24
Funders of Defenders of Wildlife that accept applications
If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Defenders of Wildlife's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.
- The Shared Earth Foundation
- Wilburforce Foundation
- MWC Foundation Inc
- Park Foundation Inc
- The Marisla Foundation
- Firedoll Foundation
- Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation
- Alexander McCausland Charitable
- Coypu Foundation Trust
- The Ros Foundation
- Ahb Foundation Inc
- Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation
- Mary W Harriman Foundation
- Barnsley Emma Foundation
- Tr UW Eva Gude Brandt Fdn Inc
Foundations that fund Defenders of Wildlife
| Foundation | Purpose given | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319 | General support | 1 | $450,000 |
| The Volgenau Foundation | Protecting alaskas biodiversity and restoring imperiled species | 2 | $400,000 |
| Carroll Petrie Foundation | New mexico & arizona programs | 1 | $300,000 |
| The Shared Earth Foundation | To provide support for the wildlife defense and restoration act; protecting wildlife now and preparing to reverse damage done to them and their habitats. Support for the red wolf recovery program in north carolina. | 1 | $275,000 |
| Wilburforce Foundation | Environmental - coexistence with wildlife and mexican wolf recovery 2024 | 3 | $230,000 |
| The Holocene Foundation | General operating funds | 1 | $200,000 |
| MWC Foundation Inc | Wildlife conservation in the rockies and plains/southern rockies wolf strategic plan | 1 | $150,000 |
| Keefe Family Foundation | To enable the donees to carry-out their tax exempt purposes. | 1 | $100,000 |
| The Brunckhorst Foundation | General Purpose unless otherwise stated | 1 | $100,000 |
| JN McArthur Foundation Inc | Donation | 1 | $75,400 |
| Minerva Foundation | Unrestricted general | 1 | $75,000 |
| MSB Cockayne Fund Inc | To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity | 1 | $75,000 |
| Fondation Dune Inc | General operating support | 1 | $75,000 |
| Park Foundation Inc | General operating support | 1 | $65,000 |
| Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation | To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects | 2 | $65,000 |
| The Marisla Foundation | General support | 1 | $50,000 |
| The Klungness Family Foundation Inc | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $40,000 |
| The James Family Charitable Foundation | General | 1 | $40,000 |
| Charles H Douglas Charitable Trust | Charitable | 1 | $36,000 |
| Firedoll Foundation | Program Support | 1 | $30,000 |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | General Operations | 1 | $29,688 |
| Olson Family Foundation Inc | General | 1 | $25,000 |
| Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation | Toward highlighting environmental degradation along the lower Texas coast | 1 | $25,000 |
| The Merlin Foundation | General purpose | 1 | $25,000 |
| Better Natures Foundation | General purpose | 1 | $25,000 |
| Crawford Family Foundation | General support | 1 | $25,000 |
| Crystal Zitterbart Private Foundation | General | 1 | $22,877 |
| Pritchard Foundation | Unrestricted charitable puproses | 1 | $20,000 |
| Alexander McCausland Charitable | Securing a safe future for | 1 | $20,000 |
| Marg & Jack Tarver Fdn Irrv Tr | General operating | 1 | $20,000 |
| Coypu Foundation Trust | General | 1 | $20,000 |
| George and Kathleen Anderson Charitable Trust | General operating | 1 | $20,000 |
| The Restaurantware Green Hero Foundation | Keystone species protection prgmg | 1 | $15,388 |
| The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc | Unrestricted grants | 1 | $15,000 |
| Met Foundation Inc | Az programs, no salaries | 1 | $15,000 |
| The Ros Foundation | General operating purposes | 1 | $15,000 |
| Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation | General operating | 1 | $15,000 |
| The Jake Foundation Inc | Charitable | 1 | $15,000 |
| Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation | Charitable | 1 | $15,000 |
| Ahb Foundation Inc | Defenders of wildlife is a national, non-profit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. | 1 | $14,500 |
| W H & V B Groody Charitable Tr | General support | 1 | $13,150 |
| Grace C Stebbins TUA | Unrestricted general | 1 | $12,566 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | General support | 1 | $10,271 |
| Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation | Humanitarian | 1 | $10,000 |
| Mary W Harriman Foundation | General support | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Vijay R Sanghvi Family Foundation | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Nora Roberts Family Foundation Inc | Protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities | 1 | $10,000 |
| Nora Roberts Foundation | Operations | 1 | $10,000 |
| Mars HQ Regional Foundation | General support | 1 | $10,000 |
| Barnsley Emma Foundation | General operating | 1 | $8,000 |
| Tr UW Eva Gude Brandt Fdn Inc | Unrestricted general | 1 | $8,000 |
| The Okun Family Foundation Inc | Charitable | 1 | $8,000 |
| HCD Foundation | General purposes | 1 | $7,725 |
| Ttees the Edith W Mac Guire Char Tr | General operating | 1 | $7,500 |
| David E De Silva Family Foundation | General | 1 | $7,000 |
| Purdon Nina Charitable Foundation | Unrestricted general | 1 | $6,788 |
| Burt Family Foundation Inc | General purposes | 1 | $6,250 |
| Sharon & Bob Ford Foundation | General support | 2 | $6,000 |
| Irving Winer Foundation | General support grant | 1 | $5,316 |
| Seb Charitable Fund | General support | 1 | $5,025 |
| Peter & Elizabeth Cohn Foundation Inc | General donation | 1 | $5,000 |
| Hamill Family Foundation | Unrestricted | 1 | $5,000 |
| Idm Foundation | Operating support | 1 | $5,000 |
| Pfister-Edward Charitable Foundation Inc | Charitable contributions | 1 | $5,000 |
| Turner Foundation Inc | Further organization's exempt purpose | 1 | $5,000 |
| Folke H Peterson Charitable Foundation | Prevention of cruelty to animals | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Jesse H and Susan R Oppenheimer Foundation | Operating fund | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Darby Foundation | Biodiversity protection | 1 | $5,000 |
| Davis-Tailer Foundation | Habitat and species protection | 1 | $5,000 |
| Ambellan Charitable Foundation | To support the organization's mission of protecting wildlife species and habitats. | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Fanwood Foundation | General purpose | 1 | $4,500 |
| Archibald Family Foundation #0724900 | General | 1 | $4,000 |
| Foundation M | General Purpose | 1 | $4,000 |
| Mary Ellen Bell Charitable TUW | General support | 1 | $3,906 |
| Saunders Charles Charitable Ta | General operating | 1 | $3,738 |
| Janet Stone Jones Foundation | General support | 1 | $3,000 |
| Fred and Maxi Bruhns Foundation Inc | Donation | 1 | $3,000 |
| The Gordon Foundation | General Support | 1 | $3,000 |
| The Ark Foundation | General operating support | 1 | $3,000 |
| Bill Pauline Trust UA | Unrestricted general | 1 | $2,717 |
| The Carol J Adragna Family Foundation | General - unrestricted | 1 | $2,500 |
| Brickman-Gross Family Foundation | General Operating Support | 1 | $2,500 |
| Fairfax Madge C Trust UA | Unrestricted general | 1 | $2,455 |
| Koch Ruth M Trust | General operating | 1 | $2,250 |
| The Prentice Foundation Inc | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $2,000 |
| Gardner Foundation Incorporated | Conservation | 1 | $2,000 |
| The Kirk Foundation | General purpose | 1 | $2,000 |
| The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust | Provide funds for environmental and conservation issues | 1 | $2,000 |
| The Nolan Family Foundation | Unrestricted charitable grant | 1 | $2,000 |
| The Brodsky Charitable Foundation Trust | Charitable | 1 | $2,000 |
| The Moody Family Foundation | Support the general charitable operations of the organization | 1 | $2,000 |
| Reid Burns Foundation | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $2,000 |
| Arthur and Amelia Finkle Private Charitable Foundation | To the proection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities | 1 | $1,386 |
| The William Penn Foundation | General support | 1 | $1,350 |
| Demery Family Foundation Inc | General operating support | 1 | $1,333 |
| Dor Family Foundation | General operations | 1 | $1,200 |
| Regina A Sondej & Salvatore D Cuccia | Animal welfare | 1 | $1,025 |
| The Frances B & William S Todman Foundation | General | 1 | $1,000 |
| The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation | Unrestricted | 1 | $1,000 |
| Triford Foundation | Prevention of cruelty to animals | 1 | $1,000 |
Using this list
A foundation that already gives to Defenders of Wildlife gives in its field and region, so the list doubles as a prospect list for similar organizations in Washington. Open a foundation to see its application rules, typical grant and every other grant it paid.
Questions people ask
Who funds Defenders of Wildlife?
Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319, The Volgenau Foundation, Carroll Petrie Foundation, The Shared Earth Foundation and Wilburforce Foundation, and 164 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.
How much does Defenders of Wildlife get from foundations?
$3.5 million in 183 reported grants from 169 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.
Which of these funders accept applications?
The Shared Earth Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation, MWC Foundation Inc, Park Foundation Inc and The Marisla Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.