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12 funders with a record of paying for “acton”

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Donors Trust Inc → Acton Institute: $4.0M across 11 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $2.4M across 6 grants, latest 2024El Craig Foundation → Acton Institute: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2025Atlantic Council of the United States → Acton Institute: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024Bradley Impact Fund Inc → Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $853K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated → Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $805K across 3 grants, latest 2024Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation → Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $373K across 4 grants, latest 2024M J Murdock Charitable Trust → Acton Institute: $274K across 4 grants, latest 2023The George Edward Durell Foundation → Acton Institute: $225K across 2 grants, latest 2024The David and Carol Van Andel Family → The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $111K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Judith E & Joseph C Cook Jr → Acton Institute: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024The George Edward Durell Foundation → Acton Institute: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022M J Murdock Charitable Trust → Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Acton Academy Foundation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Us Charitable Gift Trust → United Way of Acton-Boxborough Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Remnant Trust: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Acton Wakefield Watershed's Alliance: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Donors Trust Inc$4.1MJohn Templeton Foundation: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder.John Templeton Foundation$2.4MEl Craig Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.El Craig Foundation$1.4MAtlantic Council of the United States: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Atlantic Council of the Unite…$1.2MBradley Impact Fund Inc: $853K on this topic. Open the funder.Bradley Impact Fund Inc$853KSarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated: $805K on this topic. Open the funder.Sarah Scaife Foundation Incor…$805KThe George Edward Durell Foundation: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.The George Edward Durell Foun…$400KM J Murdock Charitable Trust: $394K on this topic. Open the funder.M J Murdock Charitable Trust$394KDick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation: $373K on this topic. Open the funder.Dick and Betsy Devos Family F…$373KThe David and Carol Van Andel Family: $111K on this topic. Open the funder.The David and Carol Van Andel…$111KThe Judith E & Joseph C Cook Jr: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.The Judith E & Joseph C Cook…$100KThe Us Charitable Gift Trust: $85K on this topic. Open the funder.The Us Charitable Gift Trust$85KActon Institute: received $5.6M on this topicActon Institute$5.6MActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: received $4.6M on this topicActon Institute for the Study o…$4.6MActon Institute: received $1.8M on this topicActon Institute$1.8MThe Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: received $111K on this topicThe Acton Institute for the Stu…$111KActon Academy Foundation: received $50K on this topicActon Academy Foundation$50KActon Community Supper and Food Pantry Inc: received $40K on this topicActon Community Supper and Food…$40KUnited Way of Acton-Boxborough Inc: received $40K on this topicUnited Way of Acton-Boxborough…$40KRemnant Trust: received $12K on this topicRemnant Trust$12KActon Wakefield Watershed's Alliance: received $5K on this topicActon Wakefield Watershed's All…$5K
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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 →