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12 funders with a record of paying for “ababa”
Where the money went
Largest: $353,131 to ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY — research and learning opportunities
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
7 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to ADDIS ABABA CITY GOVERNMENT — to strengthen the capacity of addis ababa to provide quality early childhood development services and livelihood opportunities for its residents, including refugees and internally …
Big Win PhilanthropyGreens Farms, CT
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $913,292 to ADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION — future hope of addis ababa early childhood development program
The Childrens Investment Fund FoundationWest Hartford, CT
3 matching grants · $563,896 · through 2022Largest: $403,896 to ADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION — future hope of addis ababa early childhood development (ecd)
Largest: $1.0M to ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY — to support the institute for peace and security studies work on peace, security and development through academic programs, research outputs, and dialogues
Largest: $20,000 to WELDEYARED HAILU REDA — reda, weldeyared (university of addis ababa) to aid dissertation write-up in human evolution at u of chicago, hosted by zeray alemseged
Largest: $6,200 to Adera Foundation — addis ababa ethiopia mission
Visa FoundationSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to GUDINA TUMSA FOUNDATION — to support community development in addis ababa through an unrestricted grant
Humanity UnitedSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to Addis Ababa University — government security
Largest: $4.0M to CURE International Inc — multi-year funding to support construction of the new clinical services building, kitchen, and laundry at cure children's hospital in addis ababa, ethiopia.
Largest: $16,023 to ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY- COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES — ethiopia rheumatic heart disease training center of excellence
Zoll FoundationChelmsford, MA
1 matching grant · $5,100 · through 2022Largest: $5,100 to ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY — merahi kefyalew, md - research improving the time to pain relief in the emergency department through triage nurse-initiated analgesia: an implementation science evaluated using a q…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →