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12 funders with a record of paying for “advertisements”
Where the money went Dairy Promotion Inc → National Dairy Board: $112M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Advertising Club of New York Inc → Advertising Club of New York: $938K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → Downtown Frederick Partnership: $828K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Disinformation Index Inc: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Nielsen Foundation Inc → Advertising Council Inc: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Bentonville Advertising and Promotion Commission: $203K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Trusted Choice Inc → Independent Insurance Agents of Nc Inc: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2023 American Association of Advertising → The Advertising Council Inc: $105K across 4 grants, latest 2024 National School Choice Awareness → 50can Inc: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Madison Advertising Federation → University of Wisconsin Foundation: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Round Room Gives Inc → Real Life Community Services: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Advertising Educational Foundation → Tamia Johnson: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Dairy Promotion Inc → Dairy Max: $65M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Advertising Club of New York Inc → Advertising Club of New York Foundation Inc: $378K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → Weinberg Center for the Arts: $252K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Bentonville Advertising and Promotion Commission Dba Visit Bentonville: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Trusted Choice Inc → Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents Inc: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Nielsen Foundation Inc → Advertising Council Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Madison Advertising Federation → Edgewood College: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National School Choice Awareness → A for Arizona: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Advertising Educational Foundation → Arriane Kernes: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Round Room Gives Inc → Families First Community Center: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Dairy Promotion Inc → Empire State Development Corp: $25M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → Main Street Middletown: $246K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Trusted Choice Inc → Independent Insurance Agents of South Dakota: $117K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Hot Springs Advertising and Tourist Promotion Commission: $88K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Nielsen Foundation Inc → Glaad Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Madison Advertising Federation → Madison College Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National School Choice Awareness → Children's Education Alliance of Missouri: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Round Room Gives Inc → Casa of Jefferson County: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Advertising Educational Foundation → Kristen Thomas: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Dairy Promotion Inc → Michigan Dairy Market Program: $16M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board: $13M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Idaho Dairy Products Commission: $9.8M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Adadc Columbus (Mideast): $7.3M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Midwest Dairy Association: $6.3M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Vermont Dairy Promo Council: $6.1M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Adadc Syracuse (Inc): $5.9M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Utah Dairy Commission: $4.7M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Se United Dairy Industry Assoc: $4.6M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Ada Indiana: $4.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Dairy Farmers Inc: $3.9M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Nebraska Dairy Industry Development: $3.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Commonwealth of Pa: $2.9M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Nevada Farm Bureau Producers: $2.5M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Minnesota Dairy Research & Promo: $1.5M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Ada - South Dakota: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Maine Dairy Promotion Board: $658K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Illinois Milk Promotion Board: $555K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Connecticut Milk: $513K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Granite State Promotion Agency: $463K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Ada - Kentucky: $391K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → Commonwealth of Ma: $332K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → North Dakota Dairy Promo Commission: $205K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dairy Promotion Inc → New Jersey Dairy Industry Advisory: $198K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → Thurmont Main Street: $178K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: $171K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → Brunswick Main Street: $161K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → National Museum of Civil War Medicine Inc: $129K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dairy Promotion Inc → New England Dairy: $111K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Trusted Choice Inc → Nh Association of Insurance Agents Inc: $99K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → The Great Frederick Fair: $83K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc → Catoctin Furnace Historical Society: $81K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dairy Promotion Inc: $299M on this topic. Open the funder. Dairy Promotion Inc $299M Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Tourism Council of Frederick… $2.1M Advertising Club of New York Inc: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Advertising Club of New York… $1.3M The Ford Foundation: $580K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $580K Trusted Choice Inc: $570K on this topic. Open the funder. Trusted Choice Inc $570K Walton Family Foundation Inc: $470K on this topic. Open the funder. Walton Family Foundation Inc $470K The Nielsen Foundation Inc: $350K on this topic. Open the funder. The Nielsen Foundation Inc $350K American Association of Advertising: $105K on this topic. Open the funder. American Association of Adver… $105K National School Choice Awareness: $102K on this topic. Open the funder. National School Choice Awaren… $102K Madison Advertising Federation: $96K on this topic. Open the funder. Madison Advertising Federation $96K The Advertising Educational Foundation: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. The Advertising Educational F… $13K Round Room Gives Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Round Room Gives Inc $10K National Dairy Board: received $112M on this topic National Dairy Board $112M Dairy Max: received $65M on this topic Dairy Max $65M Empire State Development Corp: received $25M on this topic Empire State Development Corp $25M Michigan Dairy Market Program: received $16M on this topic Michigan Dairy Market Program $16M Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board: received $13M on this topic Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board $13M Idaho Dairy Products Commission: received $9.8M on this topic Idaho Dairy Products Commission $9.8M Adadc Columbus (Mideast): received $7.3M on this topic Adadc Columbus (Mideast) $7.3M Midwest Dairy Association: received $6.3M on this topic Midwest Dairy Association $6.3M Vermont Dairy Promo Council: received $6.1M on this topic Vermont Dairy Promo Council $6.1M Adadc Syracuse (Inc): received $5.9M on this topic Adadc Syracuse (Inc) $5.9M Utah Dairy Commission: received $4.7M on this topic Utah Dairy Commission $4.7M Se United Dairy Industry Assoc: received $4.6M on this topic Se United Dairy Industry Assoc $4.6M Ada Indiana: received $4.0M on this topic Ada Indiana $4.0M Dairy Farmers Inc: received $3.9M on this topic Dairy Farmers Inc $3.9M Nebraska Dairy Industry Development: received $3.4M on this topic Nebraska Dairy Industry Develop… $3.4M Commonwealth of Pa: received $2.9M on this topic Commonwealth of Pa $2.9M Nevada Farm Bureau Producers: received $2.5M on this topic Nevada Farm Bureau Producers $2.5M Minnesota Dairy Research & Promo: received $1.5M on this topic Minnesota Dairy Research & Promo $1.5M Ada - South Dakota: received $1.1M on this topic Ada - South Dakota $1.1M Advertising Club of New York: received $938K on this topic Advertising Club of New York $938K Downtown Frederick Partnership: received $828K on this topic Downtown Frederick Partnership $828K Maine Dairy Promotion Board: received $658K on this topic Maine Dairy Promotion Board $658K Illinois Milk Promotion Board: received $555K on this topic Illinois Milk Promotion Board $555K Connecticut Milk: received $513K on this topic Connecticut Milk $513K Granite State Promotion Agency: received $463K on this topic Granite State Promotion Agency $463K Disinformation Index Inc: received $400K on this topic Disinformation Index Inc $400K Ada - Kentucky: received $391K on this topic Ada - Kentucky $391K Advertising Club of New York Foundation Inc: received $378K on this topic Advertising Club of New York Fo… $378K Commonwealth of Ma: received $332K on this topic Commonwealth of Ma $332K Weinberg Center for the Arts: received $252K on this topic Weinberg Center for the Arts $252K Main Street Middletown: received $246K on this topic Main Street Middletown $246K Advertising Council Inc: received $225K on this topic Advertising Council Inc $225K North Dakota Dairy Promo Commission: received $205K on this topic North Dakota Dairy Promo Commis… $205K Bentonville Advertising and Promotion Commission: received $203K on this topic Bentonville Advertising and Pro… $203K New Jersey Dairy Industry Advisory: received $198K on this topic New Jersey Dairy Industry Advis… $198K Independent Insurance Agents of Nc Inc: received $180K on this topic Independent Insurance Agents of… $180K Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro: received $180K on this topic Universidade Federal Do Rio De… $180K Bentonville Advertising and Promotion Commission Dba Visit Bentonville: received $180K on this topic Bentonville Advertising and Pro… $180K Thurmont Main Street: received $178K on this topic Thurmont Main Street $178K Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents Inc: received $175K on this topic Massachusetts Association of In… $175K National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: received $171K on this topic National Shrine of Saint Elizab… $171K Brunswick Main Street: received $161K on this topic Brunswick Main Street $161K National Museum of Civil War Medicine Inc: received $129K on this topic National Museum of Civil War Me… $129K Independent Insurance Agents of South Dakota: received $117K on this topic Independent Insurance Agents of… $117K New England Dairy: received $111K on this topic New England Dairy $111K The Advertising Council Inc: received $105K on this topic The Advertising Council Inc $105K Nh Association of Insurance Agents Inc: received $99K on this topic Nh Association of Insurance Age… $99K Hot Springs Advertising and Tourist Promotion Commission: received $88K on this topic Hot Springs Advertising and Tou… $88K The Great Frederick Fair: received $83K on this topic The Great Frederick Fair $83K Catoctin Furnace Historical Society: received $81K on this topic Catoctin Furnace Historical Soc… $81K Advertising Council Inc: received $75K on this topic Advertising Council Inc $75K 50can Inc: received $66K on this topic 50can Inc $66K Glaad Inc: received $50K on this topic Glaad Inc $50K University of Wisconsin Foundation: received $46K on this topic University of Wisconsin Foundat… $46K Edgewood College: received $25K on this topic Edgewood College $25K Madison College Foundation: received $25K on this topic Madison College Foundation $25K A for Arizona: received $20K on this topic A for Arizona $20K Children's Education Alliance of Missouri: received $16K on this topic Children's Education Alliance o… $16K Real Life Community Services: received $5K on this topic Real Life Community Services $5K Tamia Johnson: received $5K on this topic Tamia Johnson $5K Arriane Kernes: received $5K on this topic Arriane Kernes $5K Families First Community Center: received $3K on this topic Families First Community Center $3K Casa of Jefferson County: received $3K on this topic Casa of Jefferson County $3K Kristen Thomas: received $3K on this topic Kristen Thomas $3K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “advertisements” 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: $28.4M to NATIONAL DAIRY BOARD — advertising program
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Largest: $238,854 to DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP — tripp advertising, tripp development, & main street programs
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Largest: $65,000 to INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF RHODE ISLAND — advertising & recruiting
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Largest: $66,000 to 50CAN INC — advertising at national conference - sponsorship ($10,000) and support education awareness events ($56,000)
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Largest: $90,000 to Bentonville Advertising and Promotion Commission dba Visit Bentonville — to support the bicycle leadership conference bentonville (shift22).
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Largest: $400,000 to Advertising Club of New York — promotion of advertising
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Largest: $2,500 to ALANHA KNIGHT — financially support hbcu students who aspire to work in marketing, advertising or communication industry
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Largest: $2,000 to MOSAIC INTERFAITH YOUTH ACTION — support of scholarships, advertising and marketing needs for a program aimed at youth
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Largest: $75,000 to ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC — general operating support
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Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — sjmc madison advertising federation scholarship fund to support the school of journalism & mass communication
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Largest: $25,000 to THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC — support of the advertising council
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Largest: $130,000 to UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO — for the netlab disinformation research program and observatory for advertisements on digital platforms
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