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12 funders with a record of paying for “beef”
Where the money went Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → World Resources Institute: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → National Cattlemen's Beef Association: $896K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Sterner Foundation Inc → Central Kansas Free Fair: $754K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Church in Your City → Hill Country Daily Bread: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Nebraska Cattlemen Research → University of Nebraska: $192K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Still Water Foundation → Texas Beef Initiative: $155K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sanford Group Return → Beef Logic Inc: $123K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kentucky Cattlemen's Association Inc → Pennsylvania Beef Council: $95K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Tennessee Beef Industry Council Inc → National Cattleman's Beef Association: $92K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson → Texas Beef Initiative: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Arthur R Dubs Foundation → Familia Unida: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Beef for the Bank → Kingfisher Meals On Wheels: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Nature Conservancy: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → Us Meat Export Federation: $754K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Kentucky Cattlemen's Association Inc → Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative: $88K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Tennessee Beef Industry Council Inc → National Cattelmans Beef: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Arthur R Dubs Foundation → Hearts With A Mission: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Church in Your City → Local 4h: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Beef for the Bank → Lomega Food Bank: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → World Wildlife Fund Inc: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → Pennsylvania Beef Council: $219K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Beef for the Bank → The Table Food Bank: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → New York Beef Council: $201K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → Learfield Communications: $147K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → Arizona Beef Council: $93K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → Florida Beef Council: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association → Iowa Economic Development Authority: $34K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Beef for the Bank → Kingfisher Food Bank: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $4.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $4.9M Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Iowa Beef Cattle Producers As… $2.4M Sterner Foundation Inc: $754K on this topic. Open the funder. Sterner Foundation Inc $754K The Church in Your City: $378K on this topic. Open the funder. The Church in Your City $378K Nebraska Cattlemen Research: $192K on this topic. Open the funder. Nebraska Cattlemen Research $192K Kentucky Cattlemen's Association Inc: $183K on this topic. Open the funder. Kentucky Cattlemen's Associat… $183K Still Water Foundation: $155K on this topic. Open the funder. Still Water Foundation $155K Tennessee Beef Industry Council Inc: $139K on this topic. Open the funder. Tennessee Beef Industry Counc… $139K Sanford Group Return: $123K on this topic. Open the funder. Sanford Group Return $123K Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie… $85K Arthur R Dubs Foundation: $44K on this topic. Open the funder. Arthur R Dubs Foundation $44K Beef for the Bank: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Beef for the Bank $9K World Resources Institute: received $2.0M on this topic World Resources Institute $2.0M Nature Conservancy: received $1.5M on this topic Nature Conservancy $1.5M World Wildlife Fund Inc: received $1.4M on this topic World Wildlife Fund Inc $1.4M National Cattlemen's Beef Association: received $896K on this topic National Cattlemen's Beef Assoc… $896K Us Meat Export Federation: received $754K on this topic Us Meat Export Federation $754K Central Kansas Free Fair: received $754K on this topic Central Kansas Free Fair $754K Hill Country Daily Bread: received $375K on this topic Hill Country Daily Bread $375K Pennsylvania Beef Council: received $314K on this topic Pennsylvania Beef Council $314K New York Beef Council: received $201K on this topic New York Beef Council $201K University of Nebraska: received $192K on this topic University of Nebraska $192K Texas Beef Initiative: received $155K on this topic Texas Beef Initiative $155K Learfield Communications: received $147K on this topic Learfield Communications $147K Beef Logic Inc: received $123K on this topic Beef Logic Inc $123K Arizona Beef Council: received $93K on this topic Arizona Beef Council $93K National Cattleman's Beef Association: received $92K on this topic National Cattleman's Beef Assoc… $92K Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative: received $88K on this topic Northeast Beef Promotion Initia… $88K Texas Beef Initiative: received $85K on this topic Texas Beef Initiative $85K Florida Beef Council: received $60K on this topic Florida Beef Council $60K National Cattelmans Beef: received $47K on this topic National Cattelmans Beef $47K Iowa Economic Development Authority: received $34K on this topic Iowa Economic Development Autho… $34K Familia Unida: received $32K on this topic Familia Unida $32K Hearts With A Mission: received $12K on this topic Hearts With A Mission $12K Local 4h: received $4K on this topic Local 4h $4K Kingfisher Meals On Wheels: received $3K on this topic Kingfisher Meals On Wheels $3K Lomega Food Bank: received $3K on this topic Lomega Food Bank $3K The Table Food Bank: received $2K on this topic The Table Food Bank $2K Kingfisher Food Bank: received $2K on this topic Kingfisher Food Bank $2K 12 funders, 27 recipients, grants matching “beef” 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: $551,000 to NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION — promotion of beef
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Largest: $1.3M to WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — to support the greening of china-brazil beef and soy trade.
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Largest: $141,644 to HILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD — beef donation ($41,644) and cash donation ($100,000)
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Largest: $46,800 to NATIONAL CATTELMANS BEEF — fund program to promote beef
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Largest: $55,827 to UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA — beef industry
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Largest: $65,000 to PENNSYLVANIA BEEF COUNCIL — program support
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Largest: $20,000 to Texas Beef Initiative — texas beef initiative
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Largest: $285,000 to CENTRAL KANSAS FREE FAIR — ckff beef barns, tables and chairs
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Largest: $26,019 to FAMILIA UNIDA — support the operating expenses for a project manager and provide cut/wrap fees for 4-h/ffa beef
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Largest: $2,529 to Lomega Food Bank — donation of beef
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Largest: $65,000 to TEXAS BEEF INITIATIVE — charitable - for general operating support.
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Largest: $75,000 to BEEF LOGIC INC — economic development
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