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12 funders with a record of paying for “cain”
Where the money went The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation → The Mary H Cain Foundation: $49M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund → The Morehead-Cain Foundation: $24M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Morehead-Cain Foundation → Unc Chapel Hill - Scholarship Program: $8.9M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Marie Eccles Caine Foundation-Russell → Usu Caine College of the Arts: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Charis Legacy Foundation → Caine College of the Arts: $160K across 3 grants, latest 2024 George Kaiser Family Foundation → Live From Cains Inc: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Trust Estate of George B Riley → Churches Active in Northside (Cain): $149K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Cain Foundation → Villanova Universty: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation for the Carolinas → Morehead Cain Scholarship Fund: $137K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Sanders Family Foundation → Caine Halter Family YMCA: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Math for America → Cain Christine: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Short Family Foundation → Cain Center for the Arts: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation → The Gordon A Cain Foundation: $49M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Marie Eccles Caine Foundation-Russell → Utah State Univ - Caine Lyric Theatre: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Trust Estate of George B Riley → Churches Active in Northside (Cain): $30K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Short Family Foundation → Cain Center for the Arts: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Sanders Family Foundation → Caine Halter YMCA: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation: $98M on this topic. Open the funder. The Gordon & Mary Cain Founda… $98M Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund: $24M on this topic. Open the funder. Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund $24M The Morehead-Cain Foundation: $8.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Morehead-Cain Foundation $8.9M Marie Eccles Caine Foundation-Russell: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Marie Eccles Caine Foundation… $2.0M Trust Estate of George B Riley: $179K on this topic. Open the funder. Trust Estate of George B Riley $179K Charis Legacy Foundation: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. Charis Legacy Foundation $160K George Kaiser Family Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. George Kaiser Family Foundati… $150K Cain Foundation: $140K on this topic. Open the funder. Cain Foundation $140K Foundation for the Carolinas: $137K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for the Carolinas $137K The Sanders Family Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sanders Family Foundation $90K Math for America: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Math for America $60K Short Family Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder. Short Family Foundation $28K The Mary H Cain Foundation: received $49M on this topic The Mary H Cain Foundation $49M The Gordon A Cain Foundation: received $49M on this topic The Gordon A Cain Foundation $49M The Morehead-Cain Foundation: received $24M on this topic The Morehead-Cain Foundation $24M Unc Chapel Hill - Scholarship Program: received $8.9M on this topic Unc Chapel Hill - Scholarship P… $8.9M Usu Caine College of the Arts: received $2.0M on this topic Usu Caine College of the Arts $2.0M Caine College of the Arts: received $160K on this topic Caine College of the Arts $160K Live From Cains Inc: received $150K on this topic Live From Cains Inc $150K Churches Active in Northside (Cain): received $149K on this topic Churches Active in Northside (C… $149K Villanova Universty: received $140K on this topic Villanova Universty $140K Morehead Cain Scholarship Fund: received $137K on this topic Morehead Cain Scholarship Fund $137K Caine Halter Family YMCA: received $80K on this topic Caine Halter Family YMCA $80K Cain Christine: received $60K on this topic Cain Christine $60K Utah State Univ - Caine Lyric Theatre: received $60K on this topic Utah State Univ - Caine Lyric T… $60K Churches Active in Northside (Cain): received $30K on this topic Churches Active in Northside (C… $30K Cain Center for the Arts: received $18K on this topic Cain Center for the Arts $18K Cain Center for the Arts: received $10K on this topic Cain Center for the Arts $10K Caine Halter YMCA: received $10K on this topic Caine Halter YMCA $10K 12 funders, 17 recipients, grants matching “cain” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $45.4M to THE MARY H CAIN FOUNDATION — charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes
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Largest: $497,000 to USU CAINE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS — scholarships & program support
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Largest: $9.7M to THE MOREHEAD-CAIN FOUNDATION — to support higher education
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Largest: $3.5M to UNC CHAPEL HILL - SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM — support and promotion of the morehead-cain scholars program
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Largest: $15,000 to CAIN CHRISTINE — fellowship stipend
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Largest: $80,000 to CAINE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS — calvin fletcher scholarship
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Largest: $60,000 to CHURCHES ACTIVE IN NORTHSIDE (CAIN) — needy children & families and food pantry
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Largest: $10,000 to Cain Center for the Arts — financial support for charitable organization
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Largest: $60,000 to MOREHEAD CAIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND — charitable gift
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Largest: $125,000 to VILLANOVA UNIVERSTY — cain '43 endowment scholarship fund
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Largest: $40,000 to CAINE HALTER FAMILY YMCA — general educational purpose
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Largest: $100,000 to Live From Cains Inc — live from cain's
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