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12 funders with a record of paying for “bears”
Where the money went Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation: $10M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Lake Area Historical Society: $2.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → White Bear Center for the Arts: $1.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nfl Foundation Inc → Bears Care: $758K across 25 grants, latest 2024 Child Care Connection Inc → Bear Valley Community Associa: $416K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Manitou Fund → Cerenity Care Center - White Bear Lake: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I → Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: $309K across 10 grants, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → Raincoast Conservation Foundation: $290K across 3 grants, latest 2024 River Valley Child Development Services → Little Bear Daycare: $195K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Greater White Bear Lake Community → City of White Bear Lake: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Harder Foundation → People and Carnivores: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Tmi Charitable Foundation → Bear Valley Community Hospital: $42K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Great Bear Initiative Society: $6.4M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Center for the Arts: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Manitou Fund → Cerenity Senior Care White Bear Lake: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wilburforce Foundation → Bears Ears Partnership: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Child Care Connection Inc → Little Bears Playhouse Inc: $133K across 2 grants, latest 2023 River Valley Child Development Services → Momma Bear's Childcare Inc: $98K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → White Bear Lake United Methodist Church: $92K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → Wild Earth Guardians: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Greater White Bear Lake Community → White Bear Lake Center for the Arts: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Tmi Charitable Foundation → The Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Great Bear Initiative Society: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2020 Osilas Foundation → Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation: $680K across 9 grants, latest 2025 Manitou Fund → Cerenity Senior Care-White Bear Lake: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → Resources Legacy Fund: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf: $87K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → Greater Yellowstone Coaliation: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 River Valley Child Development Services → Bumble Bear Corner Ccc: $62K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Child Care Connection Inc → Little Bears Playhouse Inc: $46K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Greater White Bear Lake Community → White Bear Lake Emergency Food Shelf: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Tmi Charitable Foundation → Doves of Big Bear Valley: $23K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wilburforce Foundation → Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → Great Bear Initiative Society: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Manitou Fund → White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Manitou Fund → White Bear Center for the Arts: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Manitou Fund → White Bear Area Food Shelf: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wilburforce Foundation → Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → University of Montana: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wilburforce Foundation → University of Idaho Foundation: $83K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Area Food Shelf: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Manitou Fund → Polar Bears International: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Makeway Foundation: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf: $52K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Harder Foundation → Future West: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Child Care Connection Inc → Little Polar Bears: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Child Care Connection Inc → Teddy Bear Loving Daycare: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022 River Valley Child Development Services → Teddy Bear Daycare: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → White Bear Lake Area Historical Society: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Lake Wooden Boat Show: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Child Care Connection Inc → Little Polar Bears: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Wilburforce Foundation → Kitasooxai'xais Stewardship Authority: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation → Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Lake Fireworks Fund: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Child Care Connection Inc → Teddy Bear Loving Daycare: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Greater White Bear Lake Community → White Bear Area Historical Society: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2023 River Valley Child Development Services → Little Bear Ccc LLC: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tmi Charitable Foundation → Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Child Care Connection Inc → Mama Bears Cub Care: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 River Valley Child Development Services → Mama Bears Kid Cave: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater White Bear Lake Community → White Bear Sailing School: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Osilas Foundation → White Bear Lake Rotary Foundation: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Greater White Bear Lake Community → White Bear Lake Area School District: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $19M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $19M Osilas Foundation: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Osilas Foundation $4.7M Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Saint Paul & Minnesota Founda… $1.9M Manitou Fund: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Manitou Fund $1.4M Wilburforce Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Wilburforce Foundation $1.4M Nfl Foundation Inc: $758K on this topic. Open the funder. Nfl Foundation Inc $758K Child Care Connection Inc: $711K on this topic. Open the funder. Child Care Connection Inc $711K River Valley Child Development Services: $414K on this topic. Open the funder. River Valley Child Developmen… $414K Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: $309K on this topic. Open the funder. Fish & Wildlife Foundation of… $309K Harder Foundation: $295K on this topic. Open the funder. Harder Foundation $295K Greater White Bear Lake Community: $269K on this topic. Open the funder. Greater White Bear Lake Commu… $269K Tmi Charitable Foundation: $108K on this topic. Open the funder. Tmi Charitable Foundation $108K Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation: received $10M on this topic Coast Conservation Endowment Fu… $10M Great Bear Initiative Society: received $6.5M on this topic Great Bear Initiative Society $6.5M White Bear Lake Area Historical Society: received $2.4M on this topic White Bear Lake Area Historical… $2.4M Great Bear Initiative Society: received $2.3M on this topic Great Bear Initiative Society $2.3M White Bear Center for the Arts: received $1.8M on this topic White Bear Center for the Arts $1.8M White Bear Center for the Arts: received $1.4M on this topic White Bear Center for the Arts $1.4M Bears Care: received $758K on this topic Bears Care $758K Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation: received $680K on this topic Greater White Bear Lake Communi… $680K Bear Valley Community Associa: received $416K on this topic Bear Valley Community Associa $416K Cerenity Care Center - White Bear Lake: received $350K on this topic Cerenity Care Center - White Be… $350K Cerenity Senior Care White Bear Lake: received $350K on this topic Cerenity Senior Care White Bear… $350K Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: received $309K on this topic Florida Fish and Wildlife Conse… $309K Raincoast Conservation Foundation: received $290K on this topic Raincoast Conservation Foundati… $290K Bears Ears Partnership: received $250K on this topic Bears Ears Partnership $250K Cerenity Senior Care-White Bear Lake: received $250K on this topic Cerenity Senior Care-White Bear… $250K White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf: received $237K on this topic White Bear Area Emergency Food… $237K Resources Legacy Fund: received $225K on this topic Resources Legacy Fund $225K Little Bear Daycare: received $195K on this topic Little Bear Daycare $195K City of White Bear Lake: received $175K on this topic City of White Bear Lake $175K Little Bears Playhouse Inc: received $133K on this topic Little Bears Playhouse Inc $133K White Bear Area Food Shelf: received $100K on this topic White Bear Area Food Shelf $100K Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: received $100K on this topic Canadian Parks and Wilderness S… $100K Momma Bear's Childcare Inc: received $98K on this topic Momma Bear's Childcare Inc $98K White Bear Lake United Methodist Church: received $92K on this topic White Bear Lake United Methodis… $92K People and Carnivores: received $90K on this topic People and Carnivores $90K University of Montana: received $90K on this topic University of Montana $90K Wild Earth Guardians: received $85K on this topic Wild Earth Guardians $85K University of Idaho Foundation: received $83K on this topic University of Idaho Foundation $83K White Bear Area Food Shelf: received $80K on this topic White Bear Area Food Shelf $80K Greater Yellowstone Coaliation: received $75K on this topic Greater Yellowstone Coaliation $75K Polar Bears International: received $75K on this topic Polar Bears International $75K Bumble Bear Corner Ccc: received $62K on this topic Bumble Bear Corner Ccc $62K Makeway Foundation: received $60K on this topic Makeway Foundation $60K White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf: received $52K on this topic White Bear Area Emergency Food… $52K Little Bears Playhouse Inc: received $46K on this topic Little Bears Playhouse Inc $46K Future West: received $45K on this topic Future West $45K Bear Valley Community Hospital: received $42K on this topic Bear Valley Community Hospital $42K White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church: received $37K on this topic White Bear Unitarian Universali… $37K Little Polar Bears: received $36K on this topic Little Polar Bears $36K Teddy Bear Loving Daycare: received $33K on this topic Teddy Bear Loving Daycare $33K Teddy Bear Daycare: received $33K on this topic Teddy Bear Daycare $33K White Bear Lake Center for the Arts: received $33K on this topic White Bear Lake Center for the… $33K White Bear Lake Area Historical Society: received $30K on this topic White Bear Lake Area Historical… $30K The Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake: received $29K on this topic The Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake $29K White Bear Lake Emergency Food Shelf: received $25K on this topic White Bear Lake Emergency Food… $25K Doves of Big Bear Valley: received $23K on this topic Doves of Big Bear Valley $23K White Bear Lake Wooden Boat Show: received $23K on this topic White Bear Lake Wooden Boat Show $23K Little Polar Bears: received $21K on this topic Little Polar Bears $21K Kitasooxai'xais Stewardship Authority: received $20K on this topic Kitasooxai'xais Stewardship Aut… $20K Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation: received $20K on this topic Greater White Bear Lake Communi… $20K White Bear Lake Fireworks Fund: received $20K on this topic White Bear Lake Fireworks Fund $20K Teddy Bear Loving Daycare: received $16K on this topic Teddy Bear Loving Daycare $16K White Bear Area Historical Society: received $16K on this topic White Bear Area Historical Soci… $16K Little Bear Ccc LLC: received $15K on this topic Little Bear Ccc LLC $15K Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake: received $14K on this topic Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake $14K Mama Bears Cub Care: received $10K on this topic Mama Bears Cub Care $10K Mama Bears Kid Cave: received $10K on this topic Mama Bears Kid Cave $10K White Bear Sailing School: received $10K on this topic White Bear Sailing School $10K White Bear Lake Rotary Foundation: received $10K on this topic White Bear Lake Rotary Foundati… $10K White Bear Lake Area School District: received $10K on this topic White Bear Lake Area School Dis… $10K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “bears” 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: $3,000 to White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation — 2023 annual golf tournament; bear legacy breakfast
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Largest: $50,000 to BEARS EARS PARTNERSHIP — environmental - bears ears projects
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Largest: $40,000 to BEARS CARE — man of the year grants
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Largest: $662,157 to WHITE BEAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS — multiple grants for multiple purposes
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Largest: $15,000 to BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL — to support healthcare services to the people of the big bear valley.
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Largest: $250,480 to BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIA — covid19 program support
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Largest: $10.0M to COAST CONSERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND FOUNDATION — to support the great bear sea project finance for permanence.
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Largest: $20,000 to FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION — genetic analysis of hair samples from the highlands/glades bear subpopulation, part of a larger study updated abundance and genetic diversity of black bears in florida(f5571)
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Largest: $165,000 to CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE — city park gazebo, fireworks, and operations
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Largest: $106,150 to LITTLE BEAR DAYCARE — tiered reimbursement
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Largest: $350,000 to CERENITY CARE CENTER - WHITE BEAR LAKE — cerenity residence project match
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Largest: $45,000 to FUTURE WEST — new era of grizzly bear conservation
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