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11 funders with a record of paying for “buffett”
Where the money went The Sherwood Foundation → Buffett Early Childhood Fund: $121M across 8 grants, latest 2025 Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation → Buffett Early Childhood Fund: $10M across 4 grants, latest 2025 New York Immigration Coalition Inc → Neo Philanthropy Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Crampton Trust #1255000731 → National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gabelli Funds Foundation Inc → Columbia Business School: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Madison Community Foundation → Lussier Community Education Center: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 International Women's Media Foundation → Spotify USA Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Christus Health → The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Debi Bischof Jaeke: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 David Family Foundation → The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Neo Philanthropy Inc → The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 International Women's Media Foundation → Verified News Network: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Donna Murphy: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Women's Media Foundation → Create Genius Media LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Kelly Nielsen: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Laura Chambers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Allison Iles: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Amy Fitl: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Cheryl White: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Molly Mertz: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Lisa Price: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 International Women's Media Foundation → New Mexico in Depth: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Kristi Woodworth: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Kim Dutiel: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Craig Horobik: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Patrick Ryan: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Sarah Short: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Tom Brown: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Sherwood Foundation: $121M on this topic. Open the funder. The Sherwood Foundation $121M Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation: $10M on this topic. Open the funder. Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundat… $10M New York Immigration Coalition Inc: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. New York Immigration Coalitio… $150K The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. The Susan Thompson Buffett Fo… $150K Crampton Trust #1255000731: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Crampton Trust #1255000731 $100K International Women's Media Foundation: $99K on this topic. Open the funder. International Women's Media F… $99K Gabelli Funds Foundation Inc: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Gabelli Funds Foundation Inc $70K Madison Community Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Madison Community Foundation $60K Christus Health: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Christus Health $10K David Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. David Family Foundation $8K Neo Philanthropy Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Neo Philanthropy Inc $7K Buffett Early Childhood Fund: received $131M on this topic Buffett Early Childhood Fund $131M Neo Philanthropy Inc: received $150K on this topic Neo Philanthropy Inc $150K National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico: received $100K on this topic National Maritime Museum of the… $100K Columbia Business School: received $70K on this topic Columbia Business School $70K Lussier Community Education Center: received $60K on this topic Lussier Community Education Cen… $60K Spotify USA Inc: received $50K on this topic Spotify USA Inc $50K Verified News Network: received $29K on this topic Verified News Network $29K The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: received $10K on this topic The National Center for Missing… $10K Debi Bischof Jaeke: received $10K on this topic Debi Bischof Jaeke $10K Donna Murphy: received $10K on this topic Donna Murphy $10K Create Genius Media LLC: received $10K on this topic Create Genius Media LLC $10K Kelly Nielsen: received $10K on this topic Kelly Nielsen $10K Laura Chambers: received $10K on this topic Laura Chambers $10K Allison Iles: received $10K on this topic Allison Iles $10K Amy Fitl: received $10K on this topic Amy Fitl $10K Cheryl White: received $10K on this topic Cheryl White $10K Molly Mertz: received $10K on this topic Molly Mertz $10K Lisa Price: received $10K on this topic Lisa Price $10K New Mexico in Depth: received $10K on this topic New Mexico in Depth $10K Kristi Woodworth: received $10K on this topic Kristi Woodworth $10K Kim Dutiel: received $10K on this topic Kim Dutiel $10K Craig Horobik: received $10K on this topic Craig Horobik $10K Patrick Ryan: received $10K on this topic Patrick Ryan $10K Sarah Short: received $10K on this topic Sarah Short $10K Tom Brown: received $10K on this topic Tom Brown $10K The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: received $8K on this topic The University of Texas Md Ande… $8K The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation: received $7K on this topic The Susan Thompson Buffett Foun… $7K 11 funders, 27 recipients, grants matching “buffett” only. 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