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Where grants from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY went next

The 10 largest grantees of this organization, by cash, that also file with the IRS — and for each, its own 5 largest grants, from its returns for the same tax years.

Each figure is one return, as filed. A grantee's grants out are not shown to be the money it received: money is interchangeable, and two organizations' tax years can cover different months, so a grant received in one organization's 2023 can sit beside grants made in the other's 2023 without being the same dollars. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and private foundations' returns (990-PF) are not read here.

  1. POWER OF PRESERVATION FOUNDATION EIN 45-5089596

    Received $1,631,000 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2025 return

    Its grants paid, 2025: $0

    No itemized grants on its 2025 return.

  2. THE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATION EIN 83-1279703

    Received $1,050,000 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2025 return

    Its grants paid, 2025: $2,084,000

    No itemized grants on its 2025 return.

  3. BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC EIN 61-6053466

    Received $985,269 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2022, 2023, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $22,750,097

    Its grants paid, 2023: $28,049,648

  4. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC EIN 30-0108469

    Received $713,259 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2022, 2023, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $35,423,830

    Its grants paid, 2023: $37,177,782

    Its grants paid, 2025: $45,772,264

  5. PEREGRINE FUND INC EIN 23-1969973

    Received $695,953 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2023, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2023: $886,370

  6. ZAMBIAN CARNIVORE PROGRAMME EIN 46-5506153

    Received $675,000 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2023, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2023: $0

    No itemized grants on its 2023, 2025 returns.

  7. UHF-CA GIFT ANNUITY RESERVE TR EIN 99-0085260

    Received $634,909 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2022, 2023, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $17,234,491

    Its grants paid, 2023: $19,248,682

  8. GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION EIN 45-5494919

    Received $600,000 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2023, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2023: $874,587

  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA EIN 95-6006145

    Received $530,844 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2023 return

    No itemized grants on its 2023 return.

  10. POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY EIN 23-7302232

    Received $500,000 from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY · 2025 return

    No itemized grants on its 2025 return.

The API serves every itemized grant, in both directions.