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3 funders with a record of paying for “bolo”

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Bolos Foundation → Sadie Bolos Ministries: $141K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation → The Bolo Project: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024Frank D Hickingbotham Foundation → Baptist Healh Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022Bolos Foundation: $141K on this topic. Open the funder.Bolos Foundation$141KThe Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.The Larry and Helen Hoag Foun…$30KFrank D Hickingbotham Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Frank D Hickingbotham Foundat…$3KSadie Bolos Ministries: received $141K on this topicSadie Bolos Ministries$141KThe Bolo Project: received $30K on this topicThe Bolo Project$30KBaptist Healh Foundation: received $3K on this topicBaptist Healh Foundation$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →