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Funders to approach for California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, California$90M revenue343 funders on file

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. Based in San Francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum as well as innovative programs in scientific research and environmental education, all under one living roof. Through global expeditions, scientific research, and strategic areas of focus on islands, coral reefs, and the state of California, academy scientists strive to gather new knowledge about life's diversity and the process of evolution and rapidly apply that understanding to our efforts to regenerate the natural world. Through exhibitions, educational programs, and partnerships that address these same topics-delivered to the public on-site at the academy's world-class aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum, in the community, in biodiversity hotspots around the…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$100k, your typical grant1 in 401 in 201 in 102 in 10$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$3.3M–$9.5Mover two years, from 19–25 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$360kfrom 34 new funders

Half the value is in your top 14 funders, of 141

$0$4.7M$9.5Mhalf from the top 14likely range1st10thAll 141
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  1. 1The Andrew W Mellon FoundationSimilar grantees: American Academy of Arts & Sciences ($780k/yr), Milwaukee Art Museum Inc ($500k/yr), Museum Associates ($610k/yr)1 in 10$660k
  2. 2Crankstart FoundationGives in California (319 of 503)Similar grantees: Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation ($1.0M/yr), San Francisco Zoological Society ($250k/yr), The Exploratorium ($25k/yr)1 in 12$280k
  3. 3National Fish and Wildlife FoundationSimilar grantees: Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation ($27k/yr), The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ($250k/yr), Bayorg ($68k/yr)1 in 10$120k

138 more funders on the list for California Academy of Sciences

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