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Band Foundation: 49 grants to organizations, $7.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Band Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 49 grants to organizations totaling $7,220,536 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $500,000 to Maliasili Initiatives Inc in Essex Junction, VT for maliasili conservation fund.
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- EIN
- 473289963
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $160,889,396
- Grants paid
- $7,220,536
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349109121. It reported $7,220,536 in grants paid; 49 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | Essex Junction, VT | Maliasili Conservation Fund | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Austin Peay State University Foundation | Clarksville, TN | Southeastern Grasslands Institute | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Guardian Org Foundation | Washington, DC | Age of Extinction | Arts, culture and humanities | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wyldlife Fund | Buffalo, WY | Pooled Migration Fund | Animal-related | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | San Francisco, CA | Lion Recovery Fund | Animal-related | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vox Media LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | Expenditure Responsibility Grant | $285,283 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bat Conservation International Inc | Austin, TX | Agave Restoration Initiative | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | San Francisco, CA | Pangolin Crisis Fund | Animal-related | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Xerces Society Inc | Portland, OR | Firefly Atlas Initiative | Animal-related | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amref Health Africa Inc | New York, NY | Enhancing Epilepsy Care in Africa | International, foreign affairs and national security | $202,013 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Academy of Sciences GGP | San Francisco, CA | bioGraphic | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation | Honolulu, HI | Protecting Ocean Wildlife Initiative | Animal-related | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $166,240 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Epilepsy Society | Chicago, IL | Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME) | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | Freshwater Mussel Decline | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food and Environment Reporting Network | New York, NY | Biodiversity Reporting Project | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Osa | Washington, DC | Rewilding the Osa Peninsula | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| High Country News | Paonia, CO | Conservation Beyond Boundaries | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Inaturalist | San Rafael, CA | iNaturalist Nature Story Hub | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lion Landscapes | Teignmouth, UK | Ruaha/Selous Carnivore Project | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | Rewilding Argentina (Ibera) | Animal-related | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Synchronicity Earth USA Inc | New York, NY | Amphibian Conservation Fund | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Yale Environment 360 Coverage of Biodiversity | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mongabay Org Corporation | Atherton, CA | Short-form News Desk & Africa Bureau | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Bureau for Epilepsy | Sandyford, EI | Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in Africa | $133,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Empowers Africa Inc | New York, NY | Kenya Bird of Prey Trust | International, foreign affairs and national security | $110,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Bird Conservancy | Marshall, VA | Birds not Mosquitoes Campaign | Animal-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Plant Conservation Inc | Escondido, CA | Florida Plant Rescue | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | Essex Junction, VT | Amplifying Local Conservation Voices | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mara Elephant Project USA Inc | Carmel, IN | Mara Elephant Project - Ranger Teams in the Loita Forest | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian Institute | Washington, DC | NZPCBI/Virginia Working Landscapes | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Clifton Institute Inc | Warrenton, VA | Using Science to Improve Management of Declining Species on Working Lands in the Virginia Piedmont | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | Stone Center for Large Landscape Conservation | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | San Francisco, CA | Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association | Animal-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative | Kinnear, WY | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Empowers Africa Inc | New York, NY | Kenya Wildlife Trust: Mara Predator Conservation Program | International, foreign affairs and national security | $78,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| BBHC | Cody, WY | Beyond Yellowstone Program | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | Freshkills Park Alliance and staff position fund to support the Director of Science and Research Development | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Conservation Caucus Foundation | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | Essex Junction, VT | Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oceans Forward | Walnut, CA | General & Unrestricted | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | San Francisco, CA | Save the Elephants for Tsavo Trust | Animal-related | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildlife Guardians | Washington, DC | Conflict Mitigation in the Amboseli Ecosystem | Animal-related | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ozark Chinquapin Foundation | Poplar Bluff, MO | Ozark Chinquapin Tree Restoration Initiative | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sahara Conservation Fund | Saint Louis, MO | Halting Vulture Decline in West and Central Africa | Environment | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peregrine Fund Inc | Boise, ID | Protecting East Africa's Vultures | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rock Creek Conservancy Inc | Bethesda, MD | Rock Creek Resilience | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | Atlanta, GA | Southeastern Partners in Plant Conservation Conference | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Blue Ridge Prism Inc | Crozet, VA | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $1,810,000 |
| Animal-related | $1,770,000 |
| Education | $616,240 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $450,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $391,013 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $175,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $150,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $150,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,490,000 |
| New York | $932,253 |
| District of Columbia | $895,000 |
| Vermont | $675,000 |
| Wyoming | $475,000 |
| Texas | $400,000 |
| Tennessee | $350,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $285,283 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.