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12 funders with a record of paying for “biannual”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — core support for the world records journal, a biannual peer-reviewed journal on documentary criticism and writing published by the center for media, culture, and history
Largest: $35,000 to KIDZ 2 LEADERS INC — kidz2leaders biannual family retreats: strengthening families impacted by parental incarceration
Largest: $5,000 to National Fund for Workforce Solutions — to support national fund for workforce solution's biannual conference, shift.
Largest: $100,000 to Philanthropy Southwest — to support the biannual ceo fly-in, convening leaders from psw member philanthropies.
Largest: $100,000 to PAN AFRICA ILGA — general operating support for the regional lgbti membership organization and support for the 2022 biannual conference, membership growth, and advocacy at the regional and united na…
Largest: $75,000 to HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER INC — to support the grantmakers for southern progress 2023 biannual convening
Community Foundation for Muskegon CountyMuskegon, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $52,000 · through 2022Largest: $52,000 to PEOPLE'S CHURCH UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — biannual commitment from david hall and chrissie hall
Zuschlag Family Foundation Co Richard E Zuschlag TrusteeLafayette, LA
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to ST PIUS X CHURCH — biannual pledge
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,496 · through 2024Largest: $20,496 to CROCKETT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — band boosters 2024 sugartown festival, biannual residential clean-up, crockett boy scouts fish fry and pancake breakfast, crockett lions club corned beef and cabbage dinner, crocke…
Michigan Student Assembly of the University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $5,362 · through 2024Largest: $5,362 to Bangladeshi Students Association — biannual cultural event celebrating desi culture including laal raat a night in red with the bsa
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
1 matching grant · $7,500 · through 2021Largest: $7,500 to MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH — sponsor a biannual conference that convenes infant mental health professionals in michigan
Florida Humanities CouncilSt Petersburg, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,700 · through 2021Largest: $6,700 to ALUNA ART FOUNDATION — miami textile biannual public programming
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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 →