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12 funders with a record of paying for “ahead”
Where the money went Community Foundation → A Step Ahead Foundation Inc: $5.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Allstate Foundation → National Network to End Domestic Violence Inc: $5.2M across 7 grants, latest 2024 Lennar Foundation → Florida International University: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2023 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Madison: $616K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Seven Generations Ahead: $580K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Counihan Family Foundation → Get Ahead Project Queenstown: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Ochin Inc → Morehouse School: $431K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Datawheel LLC: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Hillsborough County School Readiness → Step Ahead Academy: $321K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Hispanic Federation Inc → Waves Ahead Corp: $206K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → New Direction Health Care Solutions: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Piecework Partners → Marilyn Mejia: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ochin Inc → Duke University: $407K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Igarape Inc: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2023 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Berkeleyoakland: $316K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Allstate Foundation → YWCA USA Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Hillsborough County School Readiness → Two Steps Ahead Early Learning Center LLC: $277K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Business and Professional People for the Public Interest: $253K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Counihan Family Foundation → Faith Family Medical Center: $140K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Hispanic Federation Inc → Waves Ahead Corp: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Rx Foundation → Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lennar Foundation → American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Piecework Partners → Anastasia Yang: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ochin Inc → North Carolina Central University: $338K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → New England Aquarium Corporation: $252K across 1 grant, latest 2022 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Central Alabama: $226K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Fractured Atlas Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Inc: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → Women With A Vision: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Piecework Partners → Ava Askren: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ochin Inc → Morehouse School of Medicine: $222K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → University of the Witwatersrand: $170K across 1 grant, latest 2024 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Dayton: $161K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Ochin Inc → Uc Irvine: $129K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Allstate Foundation → Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Allstate Foundation → Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Allstate Foundation → Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Allstate Foundation → Battered Womens Justice Project: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Knoxville: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Sauk Valley: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2022 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA Central Massachusetts: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → A Step Ahead Chess: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → El Centro: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → Bay Area Women Coalition Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → La Casita Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rx Foundation → Eastern Union Missionary Baptist Association: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 YWCA USA Inc → YWCA New Britain: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Allstate Foundation → Casa De Esperanza: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Texas Muslim Womens Foundation Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Incorpor: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Standup-Speakout-Nc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Los Angeles Lgbt Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Maitri: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Young Womens Christian Association of Lubbock Texas Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → YWCA Cass Clay: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → YWCA of Central Virginia: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Abused Deaf Womens Advocacy Services: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → New York Asian Womens Center Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Allstate Foundation → Asian Pacific Institute On Gender-Based Violence: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Allstate Foundation → Temple University: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Piecework Partners → Christy-Ann Pierre: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Allstate Foundation: $6.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Allstate Foundation $6.0M Community Foundation: $5.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation $5.5M Lennar Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Lennar Foundation $1.9M Ochin Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Ochin Inc $1.5M YWCA USA Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. YWCA USA Inc $1.5M Foundation to Promote Open Society: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $1.2M The Chicago Community Trust: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $1.1M The Counihan Family Foundation: $640K on this topic. Open the funder. The Counihan Family Foundation $640K Hillsborough County School Readiness: $598K on this topic. Open the funder. Hillsborough County School Re… $598K Hispanic Federation Inc: $283K on this topic. Open the funder. Hispanic Federation Inc $283K Rx Foundation: $250K on this topic. Open the funder. Rx Foundation $250K Piecework Partners: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Piecework Partners $6K A Step Ahead Foundation Inc: received $5.5M on this topic A Step Ahead Foundation Inc $5.5M National Network to End Domestic Violence Inc: received $5.2M on this topic National Network to End Domesti… $5.2M Florida International University: received $1.9M on this topic Florida International University $1.9M YWCA Madison: received $616K on this topic YWCA Madison $616K Seven Generations Ahead: received $580K on this topic Seven Generations Ahead $580K Get Ahead Project Queenstown: received $500K on this topic Get Ahead Project Queenstown $500K Morehouse School: received $431K on this topic Morehouse School $431K Duke University: received $407K on this topic Duke University $407K Datawheel LLC: received $400K on this topic Datawheel LLC $400K Igarape Inc: received $400K on this topic Igarape Inc $400K North Carolina Central University: received $338K on this topic North Carolina Central Universi… $338K Step Ahead Academy: received $321K on this topic Step Ahead Academy $321K YWCA Berkeleyoakland: received $316K on this topic YWCA Berkeleyoakland $316K YWCA USA Inc: received $300K on this topic YWCA USA Inc $300K Two Steps Ahead Early Learning Center LLC: received $277K on this topic Two Steps Ahead Early Learning… $277K Business and Professional People for the Public Interest: received $253K on this topic Business and Professional Peopl… $253K New England Aquarium Corporation: received $252K on this topic New England Aquarium Corporation $252K YWCA Central Alabama: received $226K on this topic YWCA Central Alabama $226K Morehouse School of Medicine: received $222K on this topic Morehouse School of Medicine $222K Waves Ahead Corp: received $206K on this topic Waves Ahead Corp $206K Fractured Atlas Inc: received $200K on this topic Fractured Atlas Inc $200K University of the Witwatersrand: received $170K on this topic University of the Witwatersrand $170K YWCA Dayton: received $161K on this topic YWCA Dayton $161K Faith Family Medical Center: received $140K on this topic Faith Family Medical Center $140K Uc Irvine: received $129K on this topic Uc Irvine $129K Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Inc: received $80K on this topic Maryland Network Against Domest… $80K Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition: received $80K on this topic Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexu… $80K Waves Ahead Corp: received $77K on this topic Waves Ahead Corp $77K Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence: received $75K on this topic Colorado Coalition Against Dome… $75K Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: received $75K on this topic Wyoming Coalition Against Domes… $75K Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence: received $75K on this topic Oregon Coalition Against Domest… $75K Battered Womens Justice Project: received $70K on this topic Battered Womens Justice Project $70K YWCA Knoxville: received $60K on this topic YWCA Knoxville $60K YWCA Sauk Valley: received $55K on this topic YWCA Sauk Valley $55K YWCA Central Massachusetts: received $55K on this topic YWCA Central Massachusetts $55K A Step Ahead Chess: received $51K on this topic A Step Ahead Chess $51K New Direction Health Care Solutions: received $50K on this topic New Direction Health Care Solut… $50K Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice: received $50K on this topic Alabama Coalition for Immigrant… $50K Women With A Vision: received $25K on this topic Women With A Vision $25K El Centro: received $25K on this topic El Centro $25K Bay Area Women Coalition Inc: received $25K on this topic Bay Area Women Coalition Inc $25K Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition Inc: received $25K on this topic Northeast Ohio Black Health Coa… $25K La Casita Center: received $25K on this topic La Casita Center $25K Eastern Union Missionary Baptist Association: received $25K on this topic Eastern Union Missionary Baptis… $25K YWCA New Britain: received $10K on this topic YWCA New Britain $10K Casa De Esperanza: received $5K on this topic Casa De Esperanza $5K Texas Muslim Womens Foundation Inc: received $5K on this topic Texas Muslim Womens Foundation… $5K The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Incorpor: received $5K on this topic The North Carolina Coalition Ag… $5K Standup-Speakout-Nc: received $5K on this topic Standup-Speakout-Nc $5K Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc: received $5K on this topic Indiana Coalition Against Domes… $5K Los Angeles Lgbt Center: received $5K on this topic Los Angeles Lgbt Center $5K Maitri: received $5K on this topic Maitri $5K Young Womens Christian Association of Lubbock Texas Inc: received $5K on this topic Young Womens Christian Associat… $5K YWCA Cass Clay: received $5K on this topic YWCA Cass Clay $5K YWCA of Central Virginia: received $5K on this topic YWCA of Central Virginia $5K Abused Deaf Womens Advocacy Services: received $5K on this topic Abused Deaf Womens Advocacy Ser… $5K New York Asian Womens Center Inc: received $5K on this topic New York Asian Womens Center Inc $5K American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc: received $3K on this topic American Lebanese Syrian Assoc… $3K Asian Pacific Institute On Gender-Based Violence: received $3K on this topic Asian Pacific Institute On Gend… $3K Temple University: received $3K on this topic Temple University $3K Marilyn Mejia: received $2K on this topic Marilyn Mejia $2K Anastasia Yang: received $2K on this topic Anastasia Yang $2K Ava Askren: received $2K on this topic Ava Askren $2K Christy-Ann Pierre: received $2K on this topic Christy-Ann Pierre $2K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “ahead” 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: $2.0M to NATIONAL NETWORK TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC — moving ahead coalition grant pass through
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Largest: $1,500 to ANASTASIA YANG — step ahead 2025
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Largest: $431,022 to MOREHOUSE SCHOOL — research grant - aim ahead
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Largest: $251,500 to New England Aquarium Corporation — support for the sea ahead blueswell incubator program, support for right whale research program at anderson cabot center for ocean life
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Largest: $170,850 to YWCA BERKELEYOAKLAND — comcast- digital skills training, allstate grant - moving ahead curriculum, google - workforce development and digital skills training, starbucks - workforce development for teens
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Largest: $50,000 to NEW DIRECTION HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS — supporting efforts to build and sustain the health and resiliency of new direction's community in the year ahead.
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Largest: $1.5M to FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — a world-class institutionas miami's first and only public research university, offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, fiu is worlds ahead in its service to the academ…
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Largest: $100,000 to WAVES AHEAD CORP — puerto rico lgbt fund
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Largest: $219,334 to STEP AHEAD ACADEMY — covid assistance for providers
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Largest: $500,000 to GET AHEAD PROJECT QUEENSTOWN — to support regular operations
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Largest: $1.5M to A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION INC — general operational support
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Largest: $400,000 to DATAWHEEL LLC — to support research on industrial policy interventions in the mexican border to inform policymakers by providing analysis and recommendations on economic integration between mexico…
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