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12 funders with a record of paying for “barbie”
Where the money went Gofundmeorg → Girls Leadership: $188K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Thoracic Foundation → Dana Farber Cancer Institute: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Farrell Family Foundation → Virginia Museum of History & Culture: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Unlikely Collaborators Foundation → Film Collaborative Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fftc Partners for Empowering Communities → Naija Barbie Inc Dba the Naija Goddess: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Francine A Lefrak Foundation Inc → Museum of Arts and Design: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Urban League of Greater Atlanta Inc → The Barbie Lounge Dba the Braid Takedownn: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc → Barbis Blankets A Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Mercy House Minneapolis → Barbie Noah Co Mercy House Minneapo: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 C B Schmitt Charitable → Morales Barbie: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Allyn Family Foundation Inc → 10 Less Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jonathan S and Alisa G Gardner → Barbie Griffis: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → Girl Talk Inc: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Step Up: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Girls Inc: $72K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → Girls Leadership Institute Inc: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Girls Write Now Inc: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Girls Make Beats: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Gofundmeorg → She Should Run: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → Save the Music Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → Latinitas: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Gofundmeorg → Center for Native American Youth: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → American Indian Resource Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → The Entertainment Industry Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Voice in Sport Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → Girls With Impact: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Girls Write Now: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Gofundmeorg → Bessie Coleman Aviation Allstars: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gofundmeorg → Apex for Youth: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gofundmeorg → Kristi Yamaguchis Always Dream: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg → Asian Sisters Participating in Reaching Inc: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gofundmeorg: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Gofundmeorg $1.0M The Thoracic Foundation: $115K on this topic. Open the funder. The Thoracic Foundation $115K The Farrell Family Foundation: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. The Farrell Family Foundation $95K Unlikely Collaborators Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Unlikely Collaborators Founda… $50K Fftc Partners for Empowering Communities: $43K on this topic. Open the funder. Fftc Partners for Empowering… $43K The Francine A Lefrak Foundation Inc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. The Francine A Lefrak Foundat… $25K The Urban League of Greater Atlanta Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. The Urban League of Greater A… $20K Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Lincoln Financial Foundation… $4K Mercy House Minneapolis: $3K on this topic. Open the funder. Mercy House Minneapolis $3K C B Schmitt Charitable: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. C B Schmitt Charitable $1K Allyn Family Foundation Inc: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. Allyn Family Foundation Inc $1K Jonathan S and Alisa G Gardner: $1K on this topic. Open the funder. Jonathan S and Alisa G Gardner $1K Girls Leadership: received $188K on this topic Girls Leadership $188K Dana Farber Cancer Institute: received $115K on this topic Dana Farber Cancer Institute $115K Girl Talk Inc: received $100K on this topic Girl Talk Inc $100K Step Up: received $100K on this topic Step Up $100K Virginia Museum of History & Culture: received $95K on this topic Virginia Museum of History & Cu… $95K Girls Inc: received $72K on this topic Girls Inc $72K Girls Leadership Institute Inc: received $65K on this topic Girls Leadership Institute Inc $65K Girls Write Now Inc: received $51K on this topic Girls Write Now Inc $51K Film Collaborative Inc: received $50K on this topic Film Collaborative Inc $50K Girls Make Beats: received $50K on this topic Girls Make Beats $50K She Should Run: received $50K on this topic She Should Run $50K Save the Music Foundation: received $50K on this topic Save the Music Foundation $50K Latinitas: received $50K on this topic Latinitas $50K Naija Barbie Inc Dba the Naija Goddess: received $43K on this topic Naija Barbie Inc Dba the Naija… $43K Center for Native American Youth: received $27K on this topic Center for Native American Youth $27K Museum of Arts and Design: received $25K on this topic Museum of Arts and Design $25K American Indian Resource Center: received $25K on this topic American Indian Resource Center $25K The Entertainment Industry Foundation: received $25K on this topic The Entertainment Industry Foun… $25K Voice in Sport Foundation: received $25K on this topic Voice in Sport Foundation $25K Girls With Impact: received $25K on this topic Girls With Impact $25K Girls Write Now: received $25K on this topic Girls Write Now $25K Bessie Coleman Aviation Allstars: received $25K on this topic Bessie Coleman Aviation Allstars $25K Apex for Youth: received $25K on this topic Apex for Youth $25K The Barbie Lounge Dba the Braid Takedownn: received $20K on this topic The Barbie Lounge Dba the Braid… $20K Kristi Yamaguchis Always Dream: received $13K on this topic Kristi Yamaguchis Always Dream $13K Asian Sisters Participating in Reaching Inc: received $13K on this topic Asian Sisters Participating in… $13K Barbis Blankets A Nj Nonprofit Corporation: received $4K on this topic Barbis Blankets A Nj Nonprofit… $4K Barbie Noah Co Mercy House Minneapo: received $3K on this topic Barbie Noah Co Mercy House Minn… $3K Morales Barbie: received $1K on this topic Morales Barbie $1K 10 Less Inc: received $1K on this topic 10 Less Inc $1K Barbie Griffis: received $1K on this topic Barbie Griffis $1K 12 funders, 31 recipients, grants matching “barbie” 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: $125,000 to GIRLS LEADERSHIP — barbie dream gap
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Largest: $45,000 to Dana Farber Cancer Institute — dr. david barbie research sensitizing small cell lung cancer to immune checkpoint blockade by restoring neoantigen displayeducation
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Largest: $50,000 to Film Collaborative Inc — support the impact campaign for "black barbie," a documentary about the creation of the first black barbie in 1980, highlighting the importance of representation and the role of do…
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Largest: $95,000 to Virginia Museum of History & Culture — barbie exhibit $15,000 & annual fund $80,000
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Largest: $2,000 to BARBIS BLANKETS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION — matching gift
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Largest: $42,867 to NAIJA BARBIE INC DBA THE NAIJA GODDESS — support to help small business grow
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Largest: $25,000 to MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN — barbie: a cultural icon exhibition
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Largest: $20,000 to THE BARBIE LOUNGE DBA THE BRAID TAKEDOWNN — cobb county arpa grant
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Largest: $2,780 to BARBIE NOAH CO MERCY HOUSE MINNEAPO — rent & mortgage subsidies
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Largest: $1,188 to MORALES BARBIE — living expense assistance
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Largest: $1,000 to BARBIE GRIFFIS — for assistance to indigent families.
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Largest: $1,000 to 10 LESS INC — in support of "law, civics and historical black barbies" workshop
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