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Grants paid by Defenders of Wildlife, tax year 2025
EIN 53-0183181 · Washington, DC · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE D300
In tax year 2025, Defenders of Wildlife (EIN 53-0183181) reported 21 grants paid totaling $394,210. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | County of Dare Manteo, NC | U | $120,114 | paid | To re-fence to Dare County Transfer Station on Cub Road in Manns Harbor, NC. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Aris Land & Livestock LLC New River, AZ | A | $24,000 | paid | To assit with costs associated with efforts to avoid livestock depredation by wolves on allotment(s) on the Gila National Forest during spring/summer 2025 grazing season | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | The Blackfoot Challenge Inc Ovando, MT | A | $22,000 | paid | To assist with costs associated with the purchase of a 20ft shipping container for bear attractant containment on a location with a history of conflict with grizzly bears; To assist with costs associated with your Livestock Loss Prevention program | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Southern Plains Land Trust Centennial, CO | A | $21,186 | paid | Toward hiring contract labor to install wildlife-friendly, bison fencing for new acres of habitat acquired for the bison conservation herd of the Southern Plains Land Trust. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | City of Hamilton Hamilton, MT | U | $20,110 | paid | 14 bear-resistant trash enclosures to the city of Hamilton, Montana. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Tom Miner Basin Association Emigrant, MT | A | $19,000 | paid | To assist with costs associated with Livestock Loss Prevention Program and Bear Ranger Program. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Kck Investments LLC Mesa, AZ | A | $18,000 | paid | To assist with costs associated with efforts to prevent wildlife depredation by wolves on Centerfire allotment in Gila National Forest during the Winter/Spring 2025 grazing season | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | White Mountain Apache Tribe Whiteriver, AZ | A | $18,000 | paid | To further the Tribe's conservation goals to coexist with the Mexican gray wolves by funding range riders who will work with the tribe's Game and Fish Department and in coordination with tribal range managers and livestock associations to reduce wolf-livestock conflict. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Beaver Institute Inc Southampton, MA | A | $17,500 | paid | To assist with costs associated with your BeaverCorps program | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Rocky Mountain Front Ranchlands Group Valier, MT | A | $15,000 | paid | To assist with costs associated with efforts to facilitate the Montana state subcommmittee of the Conflict Reduction Consortium and for a range rider to reduce wolf-livestock conflict on the Rocky Mountain Front | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Wildlife Restoration Foundation Arlington, VA | A | $13,000 | paid | Contribution to help support the costs associated with the North American Bison Summit, scheduled for 04/01-04/04/2025 in Fort Collins, Colorado. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation Browning, MT | A | $13,000 | paid | To support the labor to host linnii Days/Blackfeet Nation - this major annual gathering of Tribal members and partners (Glacier Waterton Lakes NPs and NGOs) june 4-6, 2025.; For labor to install bison fencing for their cultural buffalo herd. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Llcjbarl Ranches Bozeman, MT | A | $10,000 | paid | "To assist with costs associated with your efforts to monitor large carnivore presence on your federal grazing lease and better track where coexistence efforts are needed in addition to range riding, electric fencing, and other nonlethal conflict | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, NC | A | $10,000 | paid | To support in the Hellbender research that the University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) is completing. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Watershed Management Group Inc Tucson, AZ | A | $10,000 | paid | To facilitate beaver coexistence work through the Arizona Statewide Beaver Working Group. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Alaska Wildlife Alliance Anchorage, AK | A | $8,800 | paid | To help support the Project Manager for the Cook Inlet Beluga Advocacy Group (CIBAG) and its activities. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Strayhorse Ranch Lakeside, AZ | A | $7,500 | paid | To assist with costs associated with your efforts to avoid livestock depredation by wolves on your grazing allotment in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest during the Summer/Fall 2025 grazing season. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | The Pisgah Conservancy Brevard, NC | A | $7,500 | paid | In sponsorship of the River Ranger program. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Port Isabel, TX | A | $7,500 | paid | To support efforts for the ocelot conservation and recovery in the National Wildlife Refuge and nearby areas. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Andrus Ranch Holdings LLC Concho, AZ | A | $6,000 | paid | To assist with costs associated with efforts to avoid livestock depredation by wolves on Sponsoller allotment in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest during the Summer/Fall 2025 grazing season. | 202600449349301320 |
| 2025 | Maryhalen & Bobby Peters DBA Slade Ranchllc Springville, AZ | A | $6,000 | paid | To assist with costs associated with efforts to avoid livestock depredation by wolves on their allotment in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest during Summer/Fall 2025 grazing season. | 202600449349301320 |
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