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12 funders with a record of paying for “acre”
Where the money went The Ezrah Charitable Trust → One Acre Fund Us: $23M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Beech Acres Foundation → Beech Acres Dba Beech Acres Parenting Center: $13M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Citizens for Conservation Inc: $5.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 American Battlefield Trust → Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center: $3.8M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Richard King Mellon Foundation → The Conservation Fund: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $702K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Green Acres Baptist Church: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Names Family Foundation → Seven Acres Foundation: $311K across 12 grants, latest 2024 Biella Foundation → Acres of Diamonds: $207K across 11 grants, latest 2024 Honda USA Foundation → The Nature Conservancy: $177K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fields Pond Foundation Inc → Essex County Greenbelt Association Inc: $105K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Iowa Health Care Association Foundation → Wesley Acres: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Macon County Conservation District: $2.9M across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Battlefield Trust → Franklin's Charge Inc: $2.1M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → American Prairie Foundation: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → 29 Acres Inc: $264K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago: $198K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Honda USA Foundation → Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Fields Pond Foundation Inc → Harwich Conservation Trust: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Iowa Health Care Association Foundation → Perry Lutheran Home Eden Acres Campus: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Openlands: $2.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Appalachian Mountain Club: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Battlefield Trust → Virginia Department of Historic Resources Board: $771K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Honda USA Foundation → Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council (Gssgc): $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → One Acre Fund: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Fields Pond Foundation Inc → Trustees of Reservations: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Iowa Health Care Association Foundation → Westview Acres Care Center: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Forest Preserve District of Cook County: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Nature Conservancy: $2.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → The Conservation Fund: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → The Conservation Foundation: $1.7M across 5 grants, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Campton Township: $1.6M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Forest Preserve District of Will County: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc: $1.4M across 5 grants, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Land Conservancy of Mchenry County: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Forest Preserve District of Kane County: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Rock Island County Forest Preserve District: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Severson Dells Educational Foundation: $833K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Illinois Audubon Society: $697K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Franklin Creek Conservation Association: $557K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Clifftop Nfp: $512K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park: $507K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Natural Land Institute: $465K across 5 grants, latest 2023 American Battlefield Trust → Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation: $340K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Battlefield Trust → South Carolina Battleground Pres Trust: $318K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Dekalb County Forest Preserve District: $315K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Heartlands Conservancy: $252K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Fox Valley Park District: $252K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Battlefield Trust → Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky Heritage Council: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Lake County Forest Preserve District: $234K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Mchenry County Conservation District: $234K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Mchenry County Conservation Foundation: $218K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship Inc: $215K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Kendall County Forest Preserve District: $134K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Mountain Watershed Association Inc: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → One Acre Fund: $109K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project: $101K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Battlefield Trust → Chesterfield County: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Honda USA Foundation → Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Ogle Natural Areas Alliance: $98K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation → Black Oaks Center: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Battlefield Trust → Capital Region Land Conservancy: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation: $33M on this topic. Open the funder. Illinois Clean Energy Communi… $33M The Ezrah Charitable Trust: $23M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ezrah Charitable Trust $23M Beech Acres Foundation: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. Beech Acres Foundation $13M American Battlefield Trust: $7.7M on this topic. Open the funder. American Battlefield Trust $7.7M Richard King Mellon Foundation: $4.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Richard King Mellon Foundation $4.9M The Chicago Community Trust: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $1.2M Communities Foundation of Texas Inc: $764K on this topic. Open the funder. Communities Foundation of Tex… $764K Honda USA Foundation: $477K on this topic. Open the funder. Honda USA Foundation $477K Names Family Foundation: $311K on this topic. Open the funder. Names Family Foundation $311K Biella Foundation: $207K on this topic. Open the funder. Biella Foundation $207K Fields Pond Foundation Inc: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Fields Pond Foundation Inc $200K Iowa Health Care Association Foundation: $96K on this topic. Open the funder. Iowa Health Care Association… $96K One Acre Fund Us: received $23M on this topic One Acre Fund Us $23M Beech Acres Dba Beech Acres Parenting Center: received $13M on this topic Beech Acres Dba Beech Acres Par… $13M Citizens for Conservation Inc: received $5.4M on this topic Citizens for Conservation Inc $5.4M Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center: received $3.8M on this topic Reflection Riding Arboretum & N… $3.8M Macon County Conservation District: received $2.9M on this topic Macon County Conservation Distr… $2.9M Openlands: received $2.5M on this topic Openlands $2.5M Forest Preserve District of Cook County: received $2.5M on this topic Forest Preserve District of Coo… $2.5M Nature Conservancy: received $2.4M on this topic Nature Conservancy $2.4M The Conservation Fund: received $2.1M on this topic The Conservation Fund $2.1M Franklin's Charge Inc: received $2.1M on this topic Franklin's Charge Inc $2.1M The Conservation Foundation: received $1.7M on this topic The Conservation Foundation $1.7M Campton Township: received $1.6M on this topic Campton Township $1.6M The Conservation Fund: received $1.5M on this topic The Conservation Fund $1.5M Forest Preserve District of Will County: received $1.5M on this topic Forest Preserve District of Wil… $1.5M American Prairie Foundation: received $1.5M on this topic American Prairie Foundation $1.5M Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc: received $1.4M on this topic Jo Daviess Conservation Foundat… $1.4M Land Conservancy of Mchenry County: received $1.4M on this topic Land Conservancy of Mchenry Cou… $1.4M Forest Preserve District of Kane County: received $1.1M on this topic Forest Preserve District of Kan… $1.1M Rock Island County Forest Preserve District: received $1.0M on this topic Rock Island County Forest Prese… $1.0M Appalachian Mountain Club: received $1.0M on this topic Appalachian Mountain Club $1.0M Severson Dells Educational Foundation: received $833K on this topic Severson Dells Educational Foun… $833K Virginia Department of Historic Resources Board: received $771K on this topic Virginia Department of Historic… $771K Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: received $702K on this topic Grand Traverse Regional Land Co… $702K Illinois Audubon Society: received $697K on this topic Illinois Audubon Society $697K Franklin Creek Conservation Association: received $557K on this topic Franklin Creek Conservation Ass… $557K Clifftop Nfp: received $512K on this topic Clifftop Nfp $512K Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park: received $507K on this topic Community Development Corporati… $507K Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: received $500K on this topic Nantucket Conservation Foundati… $500K Natural Land Institute: received $465K on this topic Natural Land Institute $465K Green Acres Baptist Church: received $400K on this topic Green Acres Baptist Church $400K Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation: received $340K on this topic Shenandoah Valley Battlefields… $340K South Carolina Battleground Pres Trust: received $318K on this topic South Carolina Battleground Pre… $318K Dekalb County Forest Preserve District: received $315K on this topic Dekalb County Forest Preserve D… $315K Seven Acres Foundation: received $311K on this topic Seven Acres Foundation $311K 29 Acres Inc: received $264K on this topic 29 Acres Inc $264K Heartlands Conservancy: received $252K on this topic Heartlands Conservancy $252K Fox Valley Park District: received $252K on this topic Fox Valley Park District $252K Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky Heritage Council: received $250K on this topic Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentuc… $250K Lake County Forest Preserve District: received $234K on this topic Lake County Forest Preserve Dis… $234K Mchenry County Conservation District: received $234K on this topic Mchenry County Conservation Dis… $234K Mchenry County Conservation Foundation: received $218K on this topic Mchenry County Conservation Fou… $218K Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship Inc: received $215K on this topic Pennsylvania Wilds Center for E… $215K Acres of Diamonds: received $207K on this topic Acres of Diamonds $207K Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago: received $198K on this topic Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens… $198K The Nature Conservancy: received $177K on this topic The Nature Conservancy $177K Kendall County Forest Preserve District: received $134K on this topic Kendall County Forest Preserve… $134K Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Inc: received $120K on this topic Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care… $120K Mountain Watershed Association Inc: received $115K on this topic Mountain Watershed Association… $115K One Acre Fund: received $109K on this topic One Acre Fund $109K Essex County Greenbelt Association Inc: received $105K on this topic Essex County Greenbelt Associat… $105K Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project: received $101K on this topic Artists Cooperative Residency a… $101K Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council: received $100K on this topic Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Cou… $100K Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council (Gssgc): received $100K on this topic Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Cou… $100K One Acre Fund: received $100K on this topic One Acre Fund $100K Chesterfield County: received $100K on this topic Chesterfield County $100K Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio: received $100K on this topic Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast… $100K Ogle Natural Areas Alliance: received $98K on this topic Ogle Natural Areas Alliance $98K Black Oaks Center: received $70K on this topic Black Oaks Center $70K Capital Region Land Conservancy: received $63K on this topic Capital Region Land Conservancy $63K Harwich Conservation Trust: received $55K on this topic Harwich Conservation Trust $55K Wesley Acres: received $40K on this topic Wesley Acres $40K Trustees of Reservations: received $40K on this topic Trustees of Reservations $40K Perry Lutheran Home Eden Acres Campus: received $29K on this topic Perry Lutheran Home Eden Acres… $29K Westview Acres Care Center: received $28K on this topic Westview Acres Care Center $28K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “acre” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $19,720 to McHenry County Conservation Foundation — camp lakota parcel acquisition (+/- 160 acres) (120 acres fee simple purchase, 40 acres via private conservation easement)
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Largest: $10,000 to MOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST — toward the acquisition of 38 acres that includes part of the new england scenic trail and richar.toward the acquisition of 38 acres that includes part of the new england scenic tra…
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Largest: $2.1M to Franklin's Charge Inc — acquistion of .85-acre williams tract on the franklin's charge battlefield
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Largest: $100,500 to Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project — support for summer scholarships, support of capacity building for acre's residency and chicago artist census
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Largest: $7.9M to ONE ACRE FUND US — general support to one acre fund's mission to supply and support smallholder farmers and one acre fund's digital transformation. also, to support specific endeavors to expand one a…
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Largest: $100,000 to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — educating youth and families through field experiences and virtual learning opportunities and volunteer engagement are high priorities for the nature conservancy (tnc) in ohio. to …
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Largest: $7.0M to BEECH ACRES DBA BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER — to support the educational and charitable activities of beech acres.
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Largest: $100,000 to GREEN ACRES BAPTIST CHURCH — this grant is designated for general support.
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Largest: $100,000 to SEVEN ACRES FOUNDATION — the community center at lake chelan
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Largest: $60,000 to ACRES OF DIAMONDS — human services
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Largest: $31,711 to WESLEY ACRES — covid 19 asssistance
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Largest: $1.5M to THE CONSERVATION FUND — non-cash transfer of oil and gas rights on the 61,633-acre maurepas swamp property in louisiana. a description of the contributed property: oil/gas rights. the book value of the co…
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