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12 funders with a record of paying for “appleton”

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Thedacare Family of Foundations Inc → Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc: $4.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Appleton Alliance Church: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Friends of Appleton Library → Appleton Public Library: $234K across 4 grants, latest 2024Minnesota Historical Society → Preserve Appleton's Heritage: $186K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way Fox Cities Inc → Appleton Public Library: $171K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Appleton Gospel Church Inc: $104K across 2 grants, latest 2024Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → Friends of Appleton Library: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hartwig Family Foundation Inc → Friends of Appleton Public Library: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Chambers Tom & Gert Irrev S4 → Appleton City R2 School District: $66K across 4 grants, latest 2025J J Keller Foundation Inc → St Vincent De Paul Society of Appleton: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2023William Siekman Fdn → The Appleton Cemetery Association: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025Greater Green Bay Community → Appleton Alliance Church: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Memorial Presbyterian Church of Appleton: $235K across 3 grants, latest 2024Minnesota Historical Society → City of Appleton: $73K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hartwig Family Foundation Inc → Appleton Historical Society: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2024Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → Society of St Vincent De Paul Appleton: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Appleton Alliance Church: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way Fox Cities Inc → The City of Appleton: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2024William Siekman Fdn → Appleton Alliance Church: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025Thedacare Family of Foundations Inc → Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Volunteers: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024J J Keller Foundation Inc → Appleton Community Evang Free Church: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Greater Green Bay Community → Appleton Community Music Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Appleton Community Music: $226K across 3 grants, latest 2024Minnesota Historical Society → Pioneer Public Television: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2021Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → Appleton Historical Soceity Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hartwig Family Foundation Inc → Fox Cities Children's Museum: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Appleton Alliance Church Inc: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2023William Siekman Fdn → The Appleton Historical Society: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025United Way Fox Cities Inc → Creative Downtown Appleton Inc: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023J J Keller Foundation Inc → Friends Oof Appleton Library Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → City of Appleton: $185K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → First Congregational Ucc (Appleton): $168K across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Appleton Historical Society: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Faith Lutheran Church - Appleton: $93K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → St Mary Parish-Appleton: $89K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Appleton: $74K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Community Church of Appleton: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Friends of the Appleton Fire Department Inc: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → St Vincent De Paul of Appleton: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024Minnesota Historical Society → Pioneer Public Television: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2022Minnesota Historical Society → City of Appleton: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2021Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → First United Methodist Church of Appleton: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Creative Downtown Appleton: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → Unity of Appleton Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → Appleton Community Music Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Appleton Cemetery Association: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → League of Women Voters of Wisconsin - Appleton: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Appleton West Terror Backers Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Agape of Appleton: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → Appleton Police Department: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Hartwig Family Foundation Inc → Appleton Education Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021William Siekman Fdn → Community Church of Appleton: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025Us Ventureschmidt Family Foundation → St Vincent De Paul Society of Appleton: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Thedacare Family of Foundations Inc: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Thedacare Family of Foundatio…$4.0MCommunity Foundation for the Fox Valley: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation for the…$2.4MMinnesota Historical Society: $362K on this topic. Open the funder.Minnesota Historical Society$362KFriends of Appleton Library: $234K on this topic. Open the funder.Friends of Appleton Library$234KUnited Way Fox Cities Inc: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way Fox Cities Inc$215KUs Ventureschmidt Family Foundation: $201K on this topic. Open the funder.Us Ventureschmidt Family Foun…$201KHartwig Family Foundation Inc: $194K on this topic. Open the funder.Hartwig Family Foundation Inc$194KThe Us Charitable Gift Trust: $167K on this topic. Open the funder.The Us Charitable Gift Trust$167KWilliam Siekman Fdn: $99K on this topic. Open the funder.William Siekman Fdn$99KJ J Keller Foundation Inc: $81K on this topic. Open the funder.J J Keller Foundation Inc$81KChambers Tom & Gert Irrev S4: $66K on this topic. Open the funder.Chambers Tom & Gert Irrev S4$66KGreater Green Bay Community: $66K on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Green Bay Community$66KThedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc: received $4.0M on this topicThedacare Regional Medical Cent…$4.0MAppleton Alliance Church: received $1.1M on this topicAppleton Alliance Church$1.1MAppleton Public Library: received $405K on this topicAppleton Public Library$405KCity of Appleton: received $258K on this topicCity of Appleton$258KMemorial Presbyterian Church of Appleton: received $235K on this topicMemorial Presbyterian Church of…$235KAppleton Community Music: received $226K on this topicAppleton Community Music$226KPreserve Appleton's Heritage: received $186K on this topicPreserve Appleton's Heritage$186KAppleton Historical Society: received $170K on this topicAppleton Historical Society$170KFirst Congregational Ucc (Appleton): received $168K on this topicFirst Congregational Ucc (Apple…$168KAppleton Gospel Church Inc: received $104K on this topicAppleton Gospel Church Inc$104KFriends of Appleton Library: received $100K on this topicFriends of Appleton Library$100KFriends of Appleton Public Library: received $100K on this topicFriends of Appleton Public Libr…$100KFaith Lutheran Church - Appleton: received $93K on this topicFaith Lutheran Church - Appleton$93KSt Mary Parish-Appleton: received $89K on this topicSt Mary Parish-Appleton$89KOur Savior's Lutheran Church of Appleton: received $74K on this topicOur Savior's Lutheran Church of…$74KAppleton City R2 School District: received $66K on this topicAppleton City R2 School District$66KSt Vincent De Paul Society of Appleton: received $66K on this topicSt Vincent De Paul Society of A…$66KThe Appleton Cemetery Association: received $60K on this topicThe Appleton Cemetery Associati…$60KCommunity Church of Appleton: received $52K on this topicCommunity Church of Appleton$52KSociety of St Vincent De Paul Appleton: received $50K on this topicSociety of St Vincent De Paul A…$50KPioneer Public Television: received $42K on this topicPioneer Public Television$42KFriends of the Appleton Fire Department Inc: received $42K on this topicFriends of the Appleton Fire De…$42KAppleton Alliance Church: received $40K on this topicAppleton Alliance Church$40KThe City of Appleton: received $38K on this topicThe City of Appleton$38KSt Vincent De Paul of Appleton: received $35K on this topicSt Vincent De Paul of Appleton$35KPioneer Public Television: received $31K on this topicPioneer Public Television$31KCity of Appleton: received $29K on this topicCity of Appleton$29KFirst United Methodist Church of Appleton: received $27K on this topicFirst United Methodist Church o…$27KAppleton Historical Soceity Inc: received $25K on this topicAppleton Historical Soceity Inc$25KFox Cities Children's Museum: received $24K on this topicFox Cities Children's Museum$24KCreative Downtown Appleton: received $24K on this topicCreative Downtown Appleton$24KAppleton Community Music Inc: received $20K on this topicAppleton Community Music Inc$20KAppleton Alliance Church Inc: received $18K on this topicAppleton Alliance Church Inc$18KThedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Volunteers: received $15K on this topicThedacare Regional Medical Cent…$15KAppleton Community Evang Free Church: received $15K on this topicAppleton Community Evang Free C…$15KUnity of Appleton Inc: received $10K on this topicUnity of Appleton Inc$10KThe Appleton Historical Society: received $10K on this topicThe Appleton Historical Society$10KAppleton Cemetery Association: received $9K on this topicAppleton Cemetery Association$9KLeague of Women Voters of Wisconsin - Appleton: received $7K on this topicLeague of Women Voters of Wisco…$7KCreative Downtown Appleton Inc: received $7K on this topicCreative Downtown Appleton Inc$7KAppleton West Terror Backers Inc: received $6K on this topicAppleton West Terror Backers Inc$6KAgape of Appleton: received $5K on this topicAgape of Appleton$5KAppleton Police Department: received $5K on this topicAppleton Police Department$5KAppleton Education Foundation: received $5K on this topicAppleton Education Foundation$5KFriends Oof Appleton Library Inc: received $1K on this topicFriends Oof Appleton Library Inc$1K
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