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12 funders with a record of paying for “brethren”

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The Brethren Home Foundation → The Brethren Home Community: $6.7M across 4 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → General Conf of Brethren in Christ: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Royer Family Charitable → Church of the Brethren: $540K across 4 grants, latest 2025Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Ephrata Church of the Brethren: $244K across 4 grants, latest 2025Eden Bridge Foundation → Manheim Brethren in Christ: $235K across 4 grants, latest 2024Kansas Association of Child Care → Independence Church of the Brethren: $192K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Garling Charitable Trust → Montgomery Brethren in Christ: $133K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Emmanuel Community Church of the United Brethren I: $127K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg → Dayton Church of the Brethren: $103K across 3 grants, latest 2022Servant Foundation → Brethren in Christ Us: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Foundation for Enhancing Communities → Brethren Housing Association: $60K across 5 grants, latest 2025Peter & Delila Brown → The Brethren Home: $44K across 4 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Brethren Retreat Ministries Inc: $900K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Royer Family Charitable → Brethren Housing Association: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025Kansas Association of Child Care → Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Lancaster Church of the Brethren: $66K across 2 grants, latest 2024Eden Bridge Foundation → Parkerford Church of the Brethren: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Foundation for Enhancing Communities → Children's Aid Society Southern District Church of the Brethren: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2025Servant Foundation → Brethren in Christ Us: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022Peter & Delila Brown → Children's Aid Society-Brethren: $44K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg → Brethren and Mennonite Heritage Center: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Church of the Brethren: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Garling Charitable Trust → Greencastle Church of the Brethren: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Church of the Brethren-Scentrl in: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kansas Association of Child Care → Mennonite Brethren Church of Hillsboro Kansas: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Church of the Brethren: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Foundation for Enhancing Communities → New Guilford Brethren Church: $34K across 3 grants, latest 2025Eden Bridge Foundation → Grantham Brethren in Christ Church: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2024Servant Foundation → Grantham Brethren in Christ Church: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg → Mill Creek Church of the Brethren: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2022Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Germantown Church of the Brethren: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Garling Charitable Trust → Macedonia United Brethren Church: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Church of the Brethren: $133K across 2 grants, latest 2025Kansas Association of Child Care → First Church of the Brethren Inc of Mcpherson Kansas: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2023Kansas Association of Child Care → First Church of Brethren: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Smithville Brethren Church: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg → Brethren Woods Camp and Retreat Center: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2021Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Brethren World Mission: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Us Charitable Gift Trust → New Community Brethren in Christ Church: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Church of the Brethren Youth Services (Cobys): $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Brethren Disaster Relief Auction Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Brethren Village: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025Servant Foundation → Grantham Brethren in Christ Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Brethren Faith in Action Fund: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2025Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Brethren Housing Association: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025Eden Bridge Foundation → White Oak Church of the Brethren: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Garling Charitable Trust → The Brethren Home Foundation: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Garling Charitable Trust → Upton Brethren Church: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2025Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Brethren Historical Library and Archives: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2025Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Brethren Revival Fellowship: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust → Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Brethren Home Foundation: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Brethren Home Foundation$6.7MLilly Endowment Inc: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Lilly Endowment Inc$2.5MThe Royer Family Charitable: $640K on this topic. Open the funder.The Royer Family Charitable$640KKansas Association of Child Care: $391K on this topic. Open the funder.Kansas Association of Child C…$391KRobert C Wenger Charitable Trust: $346K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert C Wenger Charitable Tr…$346KEden Bridge Foundation: $333K on this topic. Open the funder.Eden Bridge Foundation$333KThe Us Charitable Gift Trust: $283K on this topic. Open the funder.The Us Charitable Gift Trust$283KServant Foundation: $178K on this topic. Open the funder.Servant Foundation$178KThe Community Foundation of Harrisonburg: $173K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of H…$173KThe Garling Charitable Trust: $168K on this topic. Open the funder.The Garling Charitable Trust$168KThe Foundation for Enhancing Communities: $149K on this topic. Open the funder.The Foundation for Enhancing…$149KPeter & Delila Brown: $87K on this topic. Open the funder.Peter & Delila Brown$87KThe Brethren Home Community: received $6.7M on this topicThe Brethren Home Community$6.7MGeneral Conf of Brethren in Christ: received $1.3M on this topicGeneral Conf of Brethren in Chr…$1.3MBrethren Retreat Ministries Inc: received $900K on this topicBrethren Retreat Ministries Inc$900KChurch of the Brethren: received $700K on this topicChurch of the Brethren$700KChurch of the Brethren-Scentrl in: received $250K on this topicChurch of the Brethren-Scentrl…$250KEphrata Church of the Brethren: received $244K on this topicEphrata Church of the Brethren$244KManheim Brethren in Christ: received $235K on this topicManheim Brethren in Christ$235KIndependence Church of the Brethren: received $192K on this topicIndependence Church of the Bret…$192KBrethren Housing Association: received $167K on this topicBrethren Housing Association$167KMontgomery Brethren in Christ: received $133K on this topicMontgomery Brethren in Christ$133KEmmanuel Community Church of the United Brethren I: received $127K on this topicEmmanuel Community Church of th…$127KDayton Church of the Brethren: received $103K on this topicDayton Church of the Brethren$103KBrethren in Christ Us: received $95K on this topicBrethren in Christ Us$95KHillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church: received $81K on this topicHillsboro Mennonite Brethren Ch…$81KLancaster Church of the Brethren: received $66K on this topicLancaster Church of the Brethren$66KParkerford Church of the Brethren: received $65K on this topicParkerford Church of the Brethr…$65KMennonite Brethren Church of Hillsboro Kansas: received $60K on this topicMennonite Brethren Church of Hi…$60KChildren's Aid Society Southern District Church of the Brethren: received $54K on this topicChildren's Aid Society Southern…$54KBrethren in Christ Us: received $50K on this topicBrethren in Christ Us$50KChurch of the Brethren: received $48K on this topicChurch of the Brethren$48KThe Brethren Home: received $44K on this topicThe Brethren Home$44KChildren's Aid Society-Brethren: received $44K on this topicChildren's Aid Society-Brethren$44KNew Guilford Brethren Church: received $34K on this topicNew Guilford Brethren Church$34KGrantham Brethren in Christ Church: received $34K on this topicGrantham Brethren in Christ Chu…$34KFirst Church of the Brethren Inc of Mcpherson Kansas: received $31K on this topicFirst Church of the Brethren In…$31KBrethren and Mennonite Heritage Center: received $30K on this topicBrethren and Mennonite Heritage…$30KFirst Church of Brethren: received $27K on this topicFirst Church of Brethren$27KGrantham Brethren in Christ Church: received $25K on this topicGrantham Brethren in Christ Chu…$25KMill Creek Church of the Brethren: received $23K on this topicMill Creek Church of the Brethr…$23KSmithville Brethren Church: received $20K on this topicSmithville Brethren Church$20KGreencastle Church of the Brethren: received $19K on this topicGreencastle Church of the Breth…$19KBrethren Woods Camp and Retreat Center: received $17K on this topicBrethren Woods Camp and Retreat…$17KGermantown Church of the Brethren: received $16K on this topicGermantown Church of the Brethr…$16KBrethren World Mission: received $16K on this topicBrethren World Mission$16KNew Community Brethren in Christ Church: received $12K on this topicNew Community Brethren in Chris…$12KChurch of the Brethren Youth Services (Cobys): received $11K on this topicChurch of the Brethren Youth Se…$11KBrethren Disaster Relief Auction Inc: received $10K on this topicBrethren Disaster Relief Auctio…$10KBrethren Village: received $10K on this topicBrethren Village$10KBrethren Faith in Action Fund: received $7K on this topicBrethren Faith in Action Fund$7KWhite Oak Church of the Brethren: received $7K on this topicWhite Oak Church of the Brethren$7KMacedonia United Brethren Church: received $5K on this topicMacedonia United Brethren Church$5KThe Brethren Home Foundation: received $5K on this topicThe Brethren Home Foundation$5KUpton Brethren Church: received $5K on this topicUpton Brethren Church$5KBrethren Historical Library and Archives: received $5K on this topicBrethren Historical Library and…$5KBrethren Revival Fellowship: received $1K on this topicBrethren Revival Fellowship$1KValley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center: received $1K on this topicValley Brethren-Mennonite Herit…$1K
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