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12 funders with a record of paying for “abell”

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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Harvard University: $118K across 3 grants, latest 2022Community Partners → Abel and Associates: $94K across 2 grants, latest 2024Northwestern University → I Am Abel Foundation: $91K across 3 grants, latest 2023Council for Life → Abel Speaks: $67K across 2 grants, latest 2025Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Abel Berhan: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gracie Peterson Foundation → Abel Speaks: $57K across 2 grants, latest 2025William S Abell Foundation Inc → Building Bridges Across the River: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ab Nicholas Scholarship Foundation → Kia Abel: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2024Rosztoczy Foundation → Abel Bagdy: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2023Paul Lauzier Scholarship Foundation → Washington State University: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hansen Family Foundation → Abel Speaks: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Pace Family Foundation Inc → Abel Pregnancy Resource Center: $5K across 5 grants, latest 2025William S Abell Foundation Inc → Studio Theatre Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Washington Drama Society Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Round House Theatre Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Signature Theatre Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → City Dance Ensemble Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Sitar Arts Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Germantown Cultural Arts Center Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Olney Theatre Corporation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Imagination Stage Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Lumina Studio Theatre Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Maryland Youth Ballet Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022William S Abell Foundation Inc → Shakespeare Theatre Company: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Washington Ballet: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Maryland Youth Ballet: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024William S Abell Foundation Inc → Adventure Theatre: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Ballet Arts Academy: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Dance Institute of Washington Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Encore Stage & Studio: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023William S Abell Foundation Inc → Folger Shakespeare Library: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022William S Abell Foundation Inc: $725K on this topic. Open the funder.William S Abell Foundation Inc$725KMichael & Susan Dell Foundation: $118K on this topic. Open the funder.Michael & Susan Dell Foundati…$118KCommunity Partners: $94K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Partners$94KNorthwestern University: $91K on this topic. Open the funder.Northwestern University$91KCouncil for Life: $67K on this topic. Open the funder.Council for Life$67KJack Kent Cooke Foundation: $58K on this topic. Open the funder.Jack Kent Cooke Foundation$58KGracie Peterson Foundation: $57K on this topic. Open the funder.Gracie Peterson Foundation$57KAb Nicholas Scholarship Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder.Ab Nicholas Scholarship Found…$35KRosztoczy Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.Rosztoczy Foundation$23KPaul Lauzier Scholarship Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder.Paul Lauzier Scholarship Foun…$9KHansen Family Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Hansen Family Foundation$5KThe Pace Family Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Pace Family Foundation Inc$5KAbel Speaks: received $124K on this topicAbel Speaks$124KHarvard University: received $118K on this topicHarvard University$118KAbel and Associates: received $94K on this topicAbel and Associates$94KI Am Abel Foundation: received $91K on this topicI Am Abel Foundation$91KAbel Berhan: received $58K on this topicAbel Berhan$58KBuilding Bridges Across the River: received $50K on this topicBuilding Bridges Across the Riv…$50KStudio Theatre Inc: received $50K on this topicStudio Theatre Inc$50KWashington Drama Society Inc: received $50K on this topicWashington Drama Society Inc$50KRound House Theatre Inc: received $50K on this topicRound House Theatre Inc$50KSignature Theatre Inc: received $50K on this topicSignature Theatre Inc$50KCity Dance Ensemble Inc: received $50K on this topicCity Dance Ensemble Inc$50KSitar Arts Center: received $50K on this topicSitar Arts Center$50KGermantown Cultural Arts Center Inc: received $50K on this topicGermantown Cultural Arts Center…$50KOlney Theatre Corporation: received $50K on this topicOlney Theatre Corporation$50KKia Abel: received $35K on this topicKia Abel$35KImagination Stage Inc: received $25K on this topicImagination Stage Inc$25KLumina Studio Theatre Inc: received $25K on this topicLumina Studio Theatre Inc$25KMaryland Youth Ballet Inc: received $25K on this topicMaryland Youth Ballet Inc$25KShakespeare Theatre Company: received $25K on this topicShakespeare Theatre Company$25KWashington Ballet: received $25K on this topicWashington Ballet$25KMaryland Youth Ballet: received $25K on this topicMaryland Youth Ballet$25KAdventure Theatre: received $25K on this topicAdventure Theatre$25KBallet Arts Academy: received $25K on this topicBallet Arts Academy$25KDance Institute of Washington Inc: received $25K on this topicDance Institute of Washington I…$25KEncore Stage & Studio: received $25K on this topicEncore Stage & Studio$25KFolger Shakespeare Library: received $25K on this topicFolger Shakespeare Library$25KAbel Bagdy: received $23K on this topicAbel Bagdy$23KWashington State University: received $9K on this topicWashington State University$9KAbel Speaks: received $5K on this topicAbel Speaks$5KAbel Pregnancy Resource Center: received $5K on this topicAbel Pregnancy Resource Center$5K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →