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12 funders with a record of paying for “bass”
Where the money went Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation → Vanderbilt University: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation → Duke University - Bass Connections: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Academy Health Center Inc → Bass Memorial Academy: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Friends of the Bass Museum Inc: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Fremont Area Community Foundation → Fremont Public Schools: $976K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → University of Southern California: $600K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Offield Center for Billfish Studies → Catalina Sea Bass Fund Inc: $385K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → University of Southern California: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish Habitat Fund Inc → Berks County Conservation: $119K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Air Products Foundation → Louisiana Friends Against Childhood Cancer Inc: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Kimmelman Family Foundation → The Bass Museum of Art: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → Bang On A Can: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation → Duke University: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Academy Health Center Inc → Gulf States Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventist Inc: $380K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → University of Southern California: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish Habitat Fund Inc → Missouri Dept of Conversation: $117K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Kimmelman Family Foundation → Friends of the Bass Museum: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Air Products Foundation → Louisiana Pipeliners Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Fremont Area Community Foundation → Bass Lakes Area Environmental Partnership: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → New Music On the Point: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → University of Southern Ca: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish Habitat Fund Inc → Pymatuning Lake Assn: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Kimmelman Family Foundation → The Bass Museum: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → Moab Music Festival: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Air Products Foundation → St Michael the Archangel High School: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish Habitat Fund Inc → Georgia Bass Nation Youth Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → Daniel Sabzghabaei: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation $5.0M The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Mary Alice Fortin Foundat… $2.6M Academy Health Center Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Academy Health Center Inc $1.5M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $1.1M Fremont Area Community Foundation: $981K on this topic. Open the funder. Fremont Area Community Founda… $981K John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $700K on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $700K The Ford Foundation: $600K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $600K The Offield Center for Billfish Studies: $385K on this topic. Open the funder. The Offield Center for Billfi… $385K National Fish Habitat Fund Inc: $356K on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish Habitat Fund Inc $356K The Kimmelman Family Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kimmelman Family Foundati… $80K Air Products Foundation: $66K on this topic. Open the funder. Air Products Foundation $66K The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Black Foundation T… $12K Vanderbilt University: received $5.0M on this topic Vanderbilt University $5.0M Duke University - Bass Connections: received $2.1M on this topic Duke University - Bass Connecti… $2.1M Bass Memorial Academy: received $1.1M on this topic Bass Memorial Academy $1.1M Friends of the Bass Museum Inc: received $1.1M on this topic Friends of the Bass Museum Inc $1.1M Fremont Public Schools: received $976K on this topic Fremont Public Schools $976K University of Southern California: received $900K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $900K Duke University: received $500K on this topic Duke University $500K Catalina Sea Bass Fund Inc: received $385K on this topic Catalina Sea Bass Fund Inc $385K Gulf States Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventist Inc: received $380K on this topic Gulf States Conference Associat… $380K University of Southern California: received $200K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $200K University of Southern Ca: received $200K on this topic University of Southern Ca $200K Berks County Conservation: received $119K on this topic Berks County Conservation $119K Missouri Dept of Conversation: received $117K on this topic Missouri Dept of Conversation $117K Pymatuning Lake Assn: received $110K on this topic Pymatuning Lake Assn $110K Louisiana Friends Against Childhood Cancer Inc: received $55K on this topic Louisiana Friends Against Child… $55K The Bass Museum of Art: received $45K on this topic The Bass Museum of Art $45K Friends of the Bass Museum: received $30K on this topic Friends of the Bass Museum $30K Georgia Bass Nation Youth Inc: received $10K on this topic Georgia Bass Nation Youth Inc $10K Louisiana Pipeliners Association: received $10K on this topic Louisiana Pipeliners Association $10K Bang On A Can: received $7K on this topic Bang On A Can $7K Bass Lakes Area Environmental Partnership: received $5K on this topic Bass Lakes Area Environmental P… $5K The Bass Museum: received $5K on this topic The Bass Museum $5K New Music On the Point: received $3K on this topic New Music On the Point $3K Moab Music Festival: received $2K on this topic Moab Music Festival $2K Daniel Sabzghabaei: received $1K on this topic Daniel Sabzghabaei $1K St Michael the Archangel High School: received $1K on this topic St Michael the Archangel High S… $1K 12 funders, 26 recipients, grants matching “bass” 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: $409,000 to BASS MEMORIAL ACADEMY — donation to bass memorial academy
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Largest: $10,000 to LOUISIANA PIPELINERS ASSOCIATION — support toward recently held la pipeliners 1st annual bass tournament providing scholarships to students
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Largest: $3,000 to New Music on the Point — bass scholarship/general support
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Largest: $312,500 to FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC — to commission works of art that explore the limits of digital technology and implement a strategy for holistic immersion of technology in audience access and engagement.
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Largest: $30,000 to FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM — general charitable purposes
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Largest: $5,000 to Bass Lakes Area Environmental Partnership — bass lakes dash boat
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Largest: $119,429 to Berks County Conservation — bass pro shops us open
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Largest: $1.1M to Duke University - Bass Connections — general support for programs
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Largest: $5.0M to Vanderbilt University — bass military scholars program
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Largest: $300,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — in support of the charlotta bass journalism and justice lab
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Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — core support for the charlotta bass journalism and justice lab which trains anti-racist journalists, manages an archive of black newspapers on the west coast, shares oral histories…
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Largest: $160,000 to CATALINA SEA BASS FUND INC — general operations
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