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Nra Foundation Inc → National Rifle Association of America: $21M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Trustees of Columbia University → Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia: $8.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $2.8M across 8 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice: $900K across 4 grants, latest 2023Minnesota Humanities Center → Minnesota Children's Museum: $743K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Constitutional Defense Fund LLC → Firearms Policy Foundation: $480K across 2 grants, latest 2023California Healthcare Foundation → University of California San Francisco Foundation: $395K across 2 grants, latest 2024Missouri Organizing and Voter → Action St Louis Power Project: $381K across 1 grant, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Second Amendment Foundation: $303K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sun Shine On You Foundation → Crpa Foundation: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → Green Amendments for the Generations: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Trustees of Columbia University → Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia: $2.8M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc: $825K across 2 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2022John S and James L Knight Foundation → Yale University: $660K across 4 grants, latest 2024Nra Foundation Inc → Independence Institute: $535K across 2 grants, latest 2024Missouri Organizing and Voter → Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter: $378K across 1 grant, latest 2024Minnesota Humanities Center → Wondertrek Children's Museum: $241K across 2 grants, latest 2022Sun Shine On You Foundation → Second Amendment Law Center: $230K across 3 grants, latest 2025The Constitutional Defense Fund LLC → Fpc Action Foundation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024California Healthcare Foundation → Chapman Consulting LLC: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2021Park Foundation Inc → First Amendment Coalition: $83K across 3 grants, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Ucla Foundation: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Miami Foundation: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023Nra Foundation Inc → Hillsdale College: $283K across 2 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024Missouri Organizing and Voter → Missouri Worker Power: $184K across 1 grant, latest 2024Minnesota Humanities Center → Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → The Miami Foundation: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Constitutional Defense Fund LLC → The Abigail Adams Institute: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Independent Women's Forum: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024California Healthcare Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2022John S and James L Knight Foundation → University of Florida Board of Trustees: $278K across 1 grant, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Pen American Center Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Georgetown University: $230K across 1 grant, latest 2022John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Law Hub Development and Advocacy Centre: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Law Hub Development and Advocacy Centre: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → The Miami Foundation Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024Minnesota Humanities Center → Duluth Children's Museum: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2022Minnesota Humanities Center → Wheels & Cog Children's Museum: $122K across 2 grants, latest 2022Nra Foundation Inc → George Mason University Foundation: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2023Minnesota Humanities Center → Somali Community Resettlement Services: $102K across 2 grants, latest 2022Minnesota Humanities Center → Ka Joog Organization: $102K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Constitutional Defense Fund LLC → Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023John S and James L Knight Foundation → Middle Tennessee State University Foundation: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2022Missouri Organizing and Voter → We Power Action Missouri: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Freedom Forum Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Minnesota Humanities Center → Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Constitutional Defense Fund LLC → Second Amendment Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Missouri Organizing and Voter → Promo Fund: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2024Minnesota Humanities Center → Learning Law and Democracy Foundation: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Ford Foundation → Robert Muse: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Healthcare Foundation → Rutgers the State University: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2021Donors Trust Inc → Mountain States Legal Foundation: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024Minnesota Humanities Center → Children's Discovery Museum: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2021Nra Foundation Inc → Idaho Youth Education Summit Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022California Healthcare Foundation → Es Advisors LLC: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2021Nra Foundation Inc → 1sg Erin R and Autumn Mccall Family Foundation: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023Nra Foundation Inc: $22M on this topic. Open the funder.Nra Foundation Inc$22MThe Trustees of Columbia University: $11M on this topic. Open the funder.The Trustees of Columbia Univ…$11MJohn S and James L Knight Foundation: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder.John S and James L Knight Fou…$4.7MJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.John D and Catherine T Macart…$2.7MThe Ford Foundation: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$2.3MMinnesota Humanities Center: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Minnesota Humanities Center$1.7MMissouri Organizing and Voter: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Missouri Organizing and Voter$1.1MThe Constitutional Defense Fund LLC: $915K on this topic. Open the funder.The Constitutional Defense Fu…$915KCalifornia Healthcare Foundation: $558K on this topic. Open the funder.California Healthcare Foundat…$558KSun Shine On You Foundation: $500K on this topic. Open the funder.Sun Shine On You Foundation$500KDonors Trust Inc: $411K on this topic. Open the funder.Donors Trust Inc$411KPark Foundation Inc: $233K on this topic. Open the funder.Park Foundation Inc$233KNational Rifle Association of America: received $21M on this topicNational Rifle Association of A…$21MKnight First Amendment Institute at Columbia: received $8.3M on this topicKnight First Amendment Institut…$8.3MKnight First Amendment Institute at Columbia: received $2.8M on this topicKnight First Amendment Institut…$2.8MThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $2.8M on this topicThe Trustees of Columbia Univer…$2.8MNacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice: received $1.4M on this topicNacdl Foundation for Criminal J…$1.4MKnight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc: received $1.1M on this topicKnight First Amendment Institut…$1.1MNacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice: received $900K on this topicNacdl Foundation for Criminal J…$900KKnight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc: received $750K on this topicKnight First Amendment Institut…$750KMinnesota Children's Museum: received $743K on this topicMinnesota Children's Museum$743KYale University: received $660K on this topicYale University$660KIndependence Institute: received $535K on this topicIndependence Institute$535KFirearms Policy Foundation: received $480K on this topicFirearms Policy Foundation$480KThe Miami Foundation: received $450K on this topicThe Miami Foundation$450KUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: received $395K on this topicUniversity of California San Fr…$395KAction St Louis Power Project: received $381K on this topicAction St Louis Power Project$381KMissouri Jobs With Justice Voter: received $378K on this topicMissouri Jobs With Justice Voter$378KSecond Amendment Foundation: received $303K on this topicSecond Amendment Foundation$303KHillsdale College: received $283K on this topicHillsdale College$283KUniversity of Florida Board of Trustees: received $278K on this topicUniversity of Florida Board of…$278KCrpa Foundation: received $270K on this topicCrpa Foundation$270KPen American Center Inc: received $250K on this topicPen American Center Inc$250KWondertrek Children's Museum: received $241K on this topicWondertrek Children's Museum$241KSecond Amendment Law Center: received $230K on this topicSecond Amendment Law Center$230KGeorgetown University: received $230K on this topicGeorgetown University$230KLaw Hub Development and Advocacy Centre: received $200K on this topicLaw Hub Development and Advocac…$200KLaw Hub Development and Advocacy Centre: received $200K on this topicLaw Hub Development and Advocac…$200KMissouri Worker Power: received $184K on this topicMissouri Worker Power$184KChildren's Museum of Southern Minnesota: received $175K on this topicChildren's Museum of Southern M…$175KGreen Amendments for the Generations: received $150K on this topicGreen Amendments for the Genera…$150KFpc Action Foundation: received $150K on this topicFpc Action Foundation$150KThe Miami Foundation Inc: received $150K on this topicThe Miami Foundation Inc$150KDuluth Children's Museum: received $140K on this topicDuluth Children's Museum$140KThe Abigail Adams Institute: received $135K on this topicThe Abigail Adams Institute$135KWheels & Cog Children's Museum: received $122K on this topicWheels & Cog Children's Museum$122KGeorge Mason University Foundation: received $107K on this topicGeorge Mason University Foundat…$107KChapman Consulting LLC: received $105K on this topicChapman Consulting LLC$105KSomali Community Resettlement Services: received $102K on this topicSomali Community Resettlement S…$102KKa Joog Organization: received $102K on this topicKa Joog Organization$102KCitizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: received $100K on this topicCitizens Committee for the Righ…$100KMiddle Tennessee State University Foundation: received $96K on this topicMiddle Tennessee State Universi…$96KWe Power Action Missouri: received $95K on this topicWe Power Action Missouri$95KFirst Amendment Coalition: received $83K on this topicFirst Amendment Coalition$83KUcla Foundation: received $60K on this topicUcla Foundation$60KFreedom Forum Inc: received $50K on this topicFreedom Forum Inc$50KSomali Artifact and Cultural Museum: received $50K on this topicSomali Artifact and Cultural Mu…$50KSecond Amendment Foundation: received $50K on this topicSecond Amendment Foundation$50KTrustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $50K on this topicTrustees of Columbia University…$50KPromo Fund: received $42K on this topicPromo Fund$42KLearning Law and Democracy Foundation: received $40K on this topicLearning Law and Democracy Foun…$40KRobert Muse: received $40K on this topicRobert Muse$40KIndependent Women's Forum: received $30K on this topicIndependent Women's Forum$30KPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $24K on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$24KRutgers the State University: received $21K on this topicRutgers the State University$21KMountain States Legal Foundation: received $18K on this topicMountain States Legal Foundation$18KChildren's Discovery Museum: received $16K on this topicChildren's Discovery Museum$16KIdaho Youth Education Summit Inc: received $15K on this topicIdaho Youth Education Summit Inc$15KEs Advisors LLC: received $13K on this topicEs Advisors LLC$13K1sg Erin R and Autumn Mccall Family Foundation: received $7K on this topic1sg Erin R and Autumn Mccall Fa…$7K
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