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12 funders with a record of paying for “backbone”
Where the money went
Largest: $233,000 to University of New Hampshire — advance a shared vision for age friendly communities in nh through a collective impact approach by providing backbone support to the nh alliance of healthy aging (nh aha).
Largest: $550,000 to CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — this grant provides general operating support for the central valley community foundation (cvcf) to support the drive initiative as a backbone organization.
Largest: $147,144 to SAN FRANCISCO WIRELESS EMERGENCY MESH INC - BAY AREA MESH — to build a wireless backbone between multiple rural counties within northern eastern california, otherwise known as the high sierras. the intention of the network is to build a com…
Largest: $634,000 to Meridian Institute — to support mexico sustainable fisheries collective impact initiative's backbone team to expand the impact and collective actions of multiple stakeholders in promoting sustainable f…
The Connecticut Community FoundationWaterbury, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $268,084 · through 2024Largest: $111,878 to STAYWELL HEALTH CARE — give local 2022;organization-wide strategic planning with racial equity and dei integration;bbs2022: gwhp backbone support grant; improving maternal health for women of color
Largest: $550,000 to FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — support for read by 4th backbone functions and reading captains
Largest: $500,000 to KUAAINA ULU AUAMO (KUA) — to support and strengthen this critically important backbone organization and its three community-driven networks for ocean management in hawaii. [5598; pc]
Largest: $400,000 to THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE — backbone capacity support
Largest: $500,000 to JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF HAWAII — to help expand direct services to a larger geography, and bolster jcs' ability to serve as a backbone organization for hawaii jewish community organizations and individuals.
Largest: $500,000 to HELPING OTHERS PURSUE EXCELLENCE — general operating support: to support an organization that provides backbone and back office support for small, emerging grassroots organizations in south fresno, and develops yout…
Largest: $75,000 to MERCER COUNTY BETTER TOGETHER — 2023 backbone support &
Largest: $80,000 to OPEN DOOR HEALTH SERVICES — 8twelve coalition - backbone organizational support; skills lab - optimus priamry; no cost flu shot events
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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 →