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12 funders with a record of paying for “buildout”

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The Frist Foundation → Nashville Zoo Inc: $5.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Jpb Foundation → Center for International Environmental Law Inc: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Commonpoint Queens: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc → Odi: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Champlin Foundation → Save the Bay: $649K across 2 grants, latest 2024American Jobs and Energy Security Fund → Montana Ratepayers Association: $515K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Morris Foundation → The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $275K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation → Santa Barbara County Search & Rescue: $195K across 2 grants, latest 2023Vivian L Smith Foundation → Baylor College of Medicine: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Viragh Family Foundation → Covenant House Missouri: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation → Junior Achievement of Memphis & the Mid-South Inc: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023University Rotary Service Fund → The University Heights Center: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022American Jobs and Energy Security Fund → Conservatives for A Clean Energy Future: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc → Global Emancipation Network Ltd: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Jpb Foundation → Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2023Vivian L Smith Foundation → Baylor College of Medicine Office of Advancement: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Viragh Family Foundation → Doc's Recovery House: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Frist Foundation → Shower the People: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024University Rotary Service Fund → Elizabeth Gregory House: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Biobus Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc → New Venture Fund: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Champlin Foundation → Meeting Street: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Vivian L Smith Foundation → Baylor College of Medicine Office of Advancement Msc#800: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Jpb Foundation → Occidental Arts & Ecology Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023American Jobs and Energy Security Fund → Arizonans for A Clean Economy: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → Farm Fresh Rhode Island: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Champlin Foundation → Skills for Rhode Island's Future: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Champlin Foundation → Pawtucket Central Falls Development Corporation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Champlin Foundation → Contemporary Theater Company: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Edwins Leadership and Restaurant Institute: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Frist Foundation: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Frist Foundation$5.0MThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe…$2.8MThe Jpb Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Jpb Foundation$1.7MThe Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Patrick J Mcgovern Founda…$1.4MThe Champlin Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Champlin Foundation$1.1MAmerican Jobs and Energy Security Fund: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.American Jobs and Energy Secu…$1.0MVivian L Smith Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Vivian L Smith Foundation$300KThe Morris Foundation: $275K on this topic. Open the funder.The Morris Foundation$275KThe Wood-Claeyssens Foundation: $195K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation$195KViragh Family Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Viragh Family Foundation$150KBaptist Memorial Health Care Corporation: $48K on this topic. Open the funder.Baptist Memorial Health Care…$48KUniversity Rotary Service Fund: $26K on this topic. Open the funder.University Rotary Service Fund$26KNashville Zoo Inc: received $5.0M on this topicNashville Zoo Inc$5.0MCenter for International Environmental Law Inc: received $1.4M on this topicCenter for International Enviro…$1.4MCommonpoint Queens: received $1.3M on this topicCommonpoint Queens$1.3MCypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc: received $1.0M on this topicCypress Hills Local Development…$1.0MOdi: received $750K on this topicOdi$750KSave the Bay: received $649K on this topicSave the Bay$649KMontana Ratepayers Association: received $515K on this topicMontana Ratepayers Association$515KBiobus Inc: received $500K on this topicBiobus Inc$500KConservatives for A Clean Energy Future: received $450K on this topicConservatives for A Clean Energ…$450KGlobal Emancipation Network Ltd: received $400K on this topicGlobal Emancipation Network Ltd$400KNew Venture Fund: received $300K on this topicNew Venture Fund$300KThe Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: received $275K on this topicThe Jordan Elizabeth Harris Fou…$275KOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: received $200K on this topicOccidental Arts and Ecology Cen…$200KSanta Barbara County Search & Rescue: received $195K on this topicSanta Barbara County Search & R…$195KJonnycake Center of Peace Dale: received $175K on this topicJonnycake Center of Peace Dale$175KBaylor College of Medicine: received $100K on this topicBaylor College of Medicine$100KCovenant House Missouri: received $100K on this topicCovenant House Missouri$100KBaylor College of Medicine Office of Advancement: received $100K on this topicBaylor College of Medicine Offi…$100KMeeting Street: received $100K on this topicMeeting Street$100KBaylor College of Medicine Office of Advancement Msc#800: received $100K on this topicBaylor College of Medicine Offi…$100KOccidental Arts & Ecology Center: received $100K on this topicOccidental Arts & Ecology Center$100KFarm Fresh Rhode Island: received $60K on this topicFarm Fresh Rhode Island$60KDoc's Recovery House: received $50K on this topicDoc's Recovery House$50KArizonans for A Clean Economy: received $50K on this topicArizonans for A Clean Economy$50KSkills for Rhode Island's Future: received $50K on this topicSkills for Rhode Island's Future$50KPawtucket Central Falls Development Corporation: received $50K on this topicPawtucket Central Falls Develop…$50KJunior Achievement of Memphis & the Mid-South Inc: received $48K on this topicJunior Achievement of Memphis &…$48KContemporary Theater Company: received $45K on this topicContemporary Theater Company$45KShower the People: received $25K on this topicShower the People$25KThe University Heights Center: received $16K on this topicThe University Heights Center$16KElizabeth Gregory House: received $10K on this topicElizabeth Gregory House$10KEdwins Leadership and Restaurant Institute: received $10K on this topicEdwins Leadership and Restauran…$10K
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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 →