Funders › VA › The Volgenau Foundation › 2023
Grants paid by The Volgenau Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 54-1738281 · Mclean, VA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE C34Z
In tax year 2023, The Volgenau Foundation (EIN 54-1738281) reported 51 grants paid totaling $11,438,686. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Re Wild Austin, TX | C | $2,051,438 | paid | FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE VOLGENAU CLIMATE INITIATIVE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY | C | $750,000 | paid | PLASTIC SOLUTIONS FUND & SHARK CONSERVATION FUND | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | The Nature Conservancy of California San Francisco, CA | U | $600,000 | paid | JACK AND LAURA DANGERMOND PRESERVE AND MIGRATORY BIRD RESTORATION | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Naturebridge- West Coast Sausalito, CA | D | $500,000 | paid | NATUREBRIDGE ACCESS, GROWTH, AND LEADERSHIP | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Bozeman, MT | B | $450,000 | paid | PROTECTING THE ELUSIVE WOLVERINE: LARGE LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Center for Large Landscape Conservation Bozeman, MT | U | $400,000 | paid | CORRIDORS AND CROSSINGS PROGRAM | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Land Trust Alliancecbfn Washington, DC | C | $400,000 | paid | LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND GREAT LAKES & CLIMATE INITIATIVE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Greater Yellowstone Coalition Bozeman, MT | B | $400,000 | paid | PROTECTING THE ENGINE OF THE ECOSYSTEM: GREATER YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE MIGRATIONS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | National Parks Conservation Association Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | paid | PROTECTING NATIONAL PARK WILDLIFE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC | C | $350,000 | paid | ALASKA PROGRAM AND PROTECTING SELECT PREDATORS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND FLORIDA | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Appalachian Trail Conservancy Harpers Ferry, WV | B | $300,000 | paid | BEYOND BOUNDARIES: THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AS AN EAST COAST CLIMATE CORRIDOR | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Silver Spring, MD | B | $275,000 | paid | HAWAIIAN HUMPBACK WHALE CONSERVATION, WEST COAST GEAR INNOVATION, RESTORE FLORIDA KEYS ICONIC REEFS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Wild Foundation Boulder, CO | B | $275,000 | paid | FISCAL SPONSOR FOR AN INITIATIVE ON BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE FOCUSED ON INDIGENOUS-LED CONSERVATION | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Alaska Wilderness League Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC REFUGE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Earthjustice San Francisco, CA | C | $250,000 | paid | SNAKE RIVER ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN - PHASE II | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Sustainable Markets Foundation New York, NY | B | $237,248 | paid | VOLGENAU CLIMATE INITIATIVE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | From the Top Boston, MA | C | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Wildlands Network Salt Lake City, UT | C | $200,000 | paid | RECONNECTING CRITICAL MIGRATION CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Northern Chumash Tribal Council Los Osos, CA | B | $200,000 | paid | CHUMASH HERITAGE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY DESIGNATION CAMPAIGN | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | American Prairie Reserve Bozeman, MT | D | $200,000 | paid | WILD SKY PROGRAM | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | National Symphony Orchestra Washington, DC | U | $200,000 | paid | YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS PROGRAMS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | The Nature Conservancy of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | D | $175,000 | paid | ASSESSMENT OF MIGRATORY SHOREBIRDS AND FISH SPECIES USING TAGGING TECHNOLOGIES AT VVCR | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Alaska Conservation Foundation Anchorage, AK | B | $175,000 | paid | NORTHERN LATITUDES PARTNERSHIPS: COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION IN THE RAPIDLY CHANGING NORTH | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Trustees for Alaska Anchorage, AK | C | $175,000 | paid | USING THE LAW TO PROTECT & DEFEND ALASKA LANDS & WILDLIFE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | New England Aquarium Boston, MA | C | $150,000 | paid | NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE CONSERVATION: INTEGRATED RIGHT WHALE ANTHROPOGENIC EVENTS DATABASE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Front Royal, VA | U | $125,000 | paid | PIEDMONT GRASSLANDS BIRD INITIATIVE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | See Calabasas, CA | D | $100,000 | paid | ANIMAL ROAD CROSSINGS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | River Partners Chico, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | RESTORING CALIFORNIA RIVER CORRIDORS: PATHWAYS TO WILDLIFE RECOVERY | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Levine Music Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE IN CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION AT LEVINE MUSIC | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Vienna, VA | B | $100,000 | paid | 2022-2023 WOLF TRAP INSTITUTE EARLY STEM/ARTS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | People and Carnivores Bozeman, MT | C | $100,000 | paid | COEXISTENCE FOR CONNECTIVITY | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Piedmont Environmental Council Warrenton, VA | C | $100,000 | paid | RAPPAHANNOCK-RAPIDAN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Point Blue Conservation Science Petaluma, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | FARALLON ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Potomac Conservancy Silver Spring, MD | C | $100,000 | paid | POTOMAC HEADWATERS CONSERVATION PROJECT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region Baltimore, MD | U | $100,000 | paid | LC-NCR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AND GENERAL SUPPORT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC | C | $100,000 | paid | PROTECTING SWIFT FOX AND CORALS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Endangered Species Coalition Washington, DC | C | $80,000 | paid | ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROTECTION & RECOVERY | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | California Marine Sanctuary Foundation Monterey, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | PROTECTING BLUE WHALES AND BLUE SKIES: REDUCING SHIP STRIKE RISK ON ENDANGERED WHALES IN CALIFORNIA | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Audubon California a State Program of the National Audubon Society New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | AUDUBON CONSERVATION RANCHING AND GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION PROGRAM | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Project Coyote Larkspur, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | REFORMING PREDATOR MANAGEMENT AND RANCHING WITH WILDLIFE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Washington, DC | D | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Spark the Journey Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | SETTING STUDENTS ON A PATHWAY TO ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Lighthawk Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | The Ocean Foundation Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | OCEAN CONNECTORS: CONNECTING YOUTH FOR CONSERVATION | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Bishop John T Walker School for Boys Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Center for Biological Diversity Tucson, AZ | B | $50,000 | paid | SAFE PATHWAYS FOR THE FLORIDA MANATEE: POLICY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Inc Exmore, VA | B | $30,000 | paid | CAMPAIGN FOR RURAL LANDS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Wolf Haven International Tenino, WA | B | $25,000 | paid | WOLF HAVEN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH PROJECT | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | B | $25,000 | paid | CONSERVING ELUSIVE CARNIVORES IN OLD-GROWTH FORESTS THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority Fairfax Station, VA | U | $25,000 | paid | DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AT MEADOWLARK GARDENS | 202423189349103367 |
| 2023 | California Ocean Alliance Aptos, CA | B | $15,000 | paid | TRAINING AND INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE MAMMAL SCIENTISTS | 202423189349103367 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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