Wildlife Conservation Society

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Bronx, NY EIN 13-1740011

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2024–2026

Total received

$60.3M

Foundation funders

177

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2024–2026

Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society?

Wildlife Conservation Society is funded by 177 grantmakers, led by GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc ($10.1M), The Rob Walton Foundation ($9.3M), National Philanthropic Trust ($7.9M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $60.3M in grants to Wildlife Conservation Society between 2024–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$10,127,00012024
The Rob Walton Foundation$9,328,31512024
National Philanthropic Trust$7,870,45022024–2025
The Chicago Community Trust$4,075,00012025
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$3,193,42422024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$3,029,04612024
Conservation International Foundation$2,922,58022024–2025
Ainslie Foundation$2,000,00012024
Margaret a Cargill Foundation$1,800,00032024
WAL-Mart Foundation$1,200,00012025
Rainforest Trust$1,065,88812025
The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation$1,000,00012024
Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation$1,000,00012024
The DN Batten Foundation$1,000,00012024
Rural India Supporting Trust$985,98512024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation$850,00012024
World Resources Institute$649,83212025
The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg$640,88812024
The James Family Charitable$600,00012024
Jewish Communal Fund$552,60622025
The Natasha & Dirk Ziff Foundation$500,00012024
American Museum of Natural History$440,67312025
Halvorsen Family Foundation$350,00012025
The Andrew and Ann Tisch Foundation Inc$350,00012025
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation$300,00012025
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Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319$300,00012025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$299,00032025
Gatinais Foundation 2601-21-44$275,00032025
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$219,59412025
The Valentine Foundation$200,00012025
Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr$150,00022025–2026
Joseph & Laura Wortman Fdn Co JTC Trust$135,00012025
Laguntza Foundation$135,00032025
The Nature Conservancy$120,75012025
World Wildlife Fund Inc$112,09812025
The Woods Foundation$100,00012025
Gray Foundation$100,00012025
Tortuga Charitable Foundation$100,00012025
Laura M and Peter T Grauer Foundation$100,00012025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$100,00012025
Rewild$97,32012025
Bradley L Goldberg Family Foundation$80,00012025
Zuest Family Foundation$80,00012025
The Rands Foundation$75,00012025
Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation XXXXX3008$75,00012025
Joseph and Marie Field Family$70,00012025
Island Foundation$69,39912025
Kinnoull Foundation$57,00012025
The Rothenberg Ludden Trust$50,00012025
Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc$50,00012025
HFO Foundation$50,00012025
HRH Foundation$50,00012025
The Pew Charitable Trusts$50,00012025
Enlyst Fund Inc$50,00022025
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$48,77412025
Earthwatch Institute Inc$41,69212025
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$40,00012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$37,14612025
The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc$35,00012025
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc$35,00012025
Elizabeth Q Huntington 44 Ui$30,69612025
Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc$30,00022025–2026
Dudley and Constance Godfrey$30,00012025
Bat Conservation International$29,00012025
Our Change Foundation$26,04912025
Orentreich Family Foundation$25,00012025
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck$25,00012025
Shafi Roepers Charitable Foundation$25,00012025
The Sperry Fund$25,00012025
Craig and Barbara Barrett Foundation$25,00012025
The Barker Welfare Foundation$22,50022025
Boston Foundation Inc$21,00012025
L Shafer FB VAR Charities XXXXX8001$20,73222025–2026
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc$20,53312025
Vyuha Inc$20,00012025
The Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation$18,00012025
Edwin L Berger Co-Tuw FBO Charities$15,02712025
Reid Park Zoological Society$15,00012025
The Traphagen Foundation$15,00012025
The Rice Family Foundation$15,00012025
The HW Wilson Foundation Inc$15,00012025
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$11,31212025
Marin Community Foundation$11,00012025
Hathaway Family Foundation$10,30012025
LBRB Fund Inc$10,30012025
MLE Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Jonathan Rinehart Family Foundation$10,00012025
Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley$10,00012025
Helena TSE Yeung Foundation$10,00012025
Charina Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Scripps Family Fund for Education$10,00012025
Clarion Capital Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
The Kennedy Foundation$10,00012025
Peckham Family Foundation$10,00012025
The Edward Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry$10,00032025
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation$9,53912025
Fordham Road District Management$8,52512025
Schoelzel Family Foundation$8,00012025
Klipper Family Foundation$8,00012025
Haskell Family Foundation$7,90022025–2026
The Helen G Hauben Foundation Inc$7,65012025
Foster-Davis Foundation Inc$7,00012025
Anne Spychala Family Charitable$7,00022025
Bastoni-Evans Foundation$5,00012025
Graber Family Foundation$5,00012025
Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation$5,00012025
The Heidtke Foundation$5,00012025
So Hum Foundation$5,00012025
The Richard and Sherry Gershenson Family Foundation$5,00012025
The Clinton Family Foundation$5,00012025
A & J Saks Foundation Inc$5,00012025
Eric P Sheinberg Foundation$5,00012025
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation$5,00012025
The Rubin - Ladd Foundation$5,00012025
Select Equity Group Foundation$5,00012025
SEB Charitable Fund$5,00012025
The Fullgraf Foundation$5,00012025
SC Benjamin Foundation$5,00012025
South Wind Foundation$5,00012025
Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation$5,00012025
Linden Climate Fund Inc$5,00012025
American Conservation Association$5,00012025
Sol Cohn Foundation$4,50012025
Weinshel Goldfarb Foundation Inc$3,00012026
Samuel & Rose Mitchell Foundation$3,00012025
Whitehill Family Foundation$3,00012025
Weissman Foundation Inc$3,00012025
Fuller Family Charitable Trust$3,00012025
John L McHugh Foundation$3,00012025
Hazel L Wilbur Charitable Trust$2,90912025
Josephine Peiser Charitable Foundation$2,70012025
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$2,54612025
Barbara & Benjamin Cardozo$2,50012025
Gerson Family Foundation Inc$2,50012025
Levitt Foundation Inc$2,50012025
Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc$2,50012025
Thomas F Staley Foundation$2,30012025
Bryce Family Foundation$2,00012025
The John a Rodger Jr Foundation Inc$2,00012025
Cal Foundation Inc$2,00012025
The Keil Family Foundation$2,00012025
Herman Goldman Foundation$2,00012025
Freed Foundation Inc$2,00012025
Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation$2,00012025
Robert J Laskowski Foundation$1,89112025
Anita B and Howard S Richmond$1,50012025
Dammann Fund Inc$1,50012025
The Mary Curtis Horowitz Foundation$1,50012025
Theodore & Renee Weiler Foundation Inc$1,50012025
The Richard and Cheryl Metrick$1,50012025
The Vytautas Burbulis Charitable Trust$1,50012025
Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation$1,50012025
Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation$1,50012025
Joan & Leonard Baron Foundation Inc$1,50012025
The Chaney Family Foundation Inc$1,50012025
Gary and Robin Anderson$1,50012025
The Neel Foundation$1,50012025
Harold E Hirsch Foundationinc$1,25912025
Bear-Sontz Family Foundation$1,25012025
Julio R Gallo Foundation$1,00012025
J Gurwin Foundation Inc$1,00012025
John J Flemm Foundation Inc$1,00012025
Benjamin & Sara Greenspan Fund$1,00022025
Bertram Teich Foundation Inc$60012025
Robert J Cummins Family Foundation Inc$50012025
Frank & Roslyn Grobman Foundation$50012025
David B Kriser Foundation Inc$43012025
The Kaltman Family Foundation$32512025
Franklyn Ellenbogen Jr$28322025–2026
Madeira Fund Inc$25012025
Gennx Foundation Inc$25012025
The Shemesh Joester Foundation$25012025
The Viniar Family Foundation$23012025
Kranzdorf Family Foundation$20012025
The Lorraine Beckhamashe Foundation$15012025

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$20M$40M$60M19 grants2024 175 grants2025 6 grants2026

From 2024 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $107K (2026) to $41.9M (2024). In 2026 it made 6 grants totaling $107K.

What grants has Wildlife Conservation Society received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable TrGENERAL SUPPORT$75,000
2026Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$15,000
2026L Shafer FB VAR Charities XXXXX8001GENERAL$10,998
2026Weinshel Goldfarb Foundation IncCHARITABLE$3,000
2026Haskell Family FoundationCHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION$2,500
2026Franklyn Ellenbogen JrGENERAL SUPPORT$148
2025The Chicago Community TrustGeneral support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes$4,075,000
2025National Philanthropic TrustHEALTH$3,429,950
2025Conservation International FoundationREGENERATIVE AND WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FIBERS THAT IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS, CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND BUILD RESILIENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN PATAGONIA; STRENGTHENING MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF GUINEA; THE DEPLOYMENT OF EARTHRANGER, A DATA VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN AFRICA'S NATIONAL PARKS; UPSCALING USE OF THE SPATIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL (SMART) IN KYRGYZSTAN; ENABLING PUBLIC POLICY FOR CHILE'S MPA NETWORK; GUARDIAN VILLAGES- EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES TO MANAGE WETLANDS IN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; ESTABLISHING NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN URUGUAY; PLANNING GRANT FOR HIGH SEAS MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN ARGENTINA; CONSERVING PARAGUAYAN CHACO FOR JAGUARS AND PEOPLE; ENHANCING ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN JOZANI AND KIWENGWA FORESTS, ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA; REGENERATIVE AND CERTIFIED WILDLIFE FRIENDLY LEATHER FROM THE CALDENAL OF CENTRAL ARGENTINA$1,566,581
2025WAL-Mart FoundationNATURE$1,200,000
2025Rainforest TrustIN SUPPORT OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS$1,065,888
2025World Resources InstituteREVERSE RAPID DEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEMS$649,832
2025American Museum of Natural HistoryUrban Advantage$440,673
2025Halvorsen Family FoundationWILDLIFE CONSERVATION$350,000
2025The Andrew and Ann Tisch Foundation IncTo further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$350,000
2025Marty and Dorothy Silverman FoundationGENERAL DONATION$300,000
2025Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319GENERAL SUPPORT$300,000
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$276,303
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$276,303
2025The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundSUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS$273,000
2025Minnesota Zoo FoundationCONSERVATION$219,594
2025The Valentine FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$200,000
2025Joseph & Laura Wortman Fdn Co JTC TrustGENERAL OPERATING$135,000
2025The Nature ConservancyCONSERVATION ACTIVITIES$120,750
2025World Wildlife Fund IncCONSERVATION$112,098
2025The Woods FoundationGENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE$100,000
2025Gray FoundationCAREER LATTICE PROGRAM$100,000
2025Tortuga Charitable FoundationCharitable$100,000
2025Laura M and Peter T Grauer FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE$100,000
2025Gatinais Foundation 2601-21-44FOR THE GLOBAL COUNTER$100,000

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society?

Wildlife Conservation Society is funded by 177 grantmakers, led by GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc ($10.1M), The Rob Walton Foundation ($9.3M), National Philanthropic Trust ($7.9M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $60.3M in grants to Wildlife Conservation Society between 2024–2026.

Who is Wildlife Conservation Society's largest funder?

GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc is the largest recorded funder of Wildlife Conservation Society, with $10.1M across 1 grant (2024).

How much grant funding has Wildlife Conservation Society received?

IRS 990 filings record $60.3M in grants to Wildlife Conservation Society across 200 grants from 177 funders between 2024–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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