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12 funders with a record of paying for “ceiling”

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The Elizabeth R & William J Patterson → Summer Search: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024The San Francisco Foundation → Summer Search: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023Panetta Villareal Foundation → Paso Del Norte Community Foundation: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024Workday Foundation → Opportunity at Work Inc: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ahmanson Foundation → Westside Jewish Community Center: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023Drywall and Interior Systems → Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance: $130K across 2 grants, latest 2024Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → West End Baptist Church: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2024Clarence Tomlinson Charitable Trust → Mt Pulaski Historical Society: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2025Knights of Columbus → Various Entities: $42K across 3 grants, latest 2025Hawaii Construction Industry → Hawaii Wall & Ceiling Ind Assoc: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc → Water Into Wine Food Pantry: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → Warwick Police Athletic League Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ahmanson Foundation → Valley Village: $113K across 1 grant, latest 2023Drywall and Interior Systems → Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance: $69K across 1 grant, latest 2022Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → Mt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Champlin Foundation → Hope Alzheimer's Center: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc → Sos International Inc: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ahmanson Foundation → Hear Center: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2021Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → Bogers Chapel United Methodist Church: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2021Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc → Ion Center for Violence Prevention: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Champlin Foundation → Rhode Island Computer Museum: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ahmanson Foundation → Ther Living Ctrs for the Blind: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Charles A Cannon Trust No 1 → Allison Creek Presbyterian Church: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc → Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Kentuckiana: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Elizabeth R & William J Patterson: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Elizabeth R & William J P…$3.0MThe San Francisco Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The San Francisco Foundation$1.4MPanetta Villareal Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Panetta Villareal Foundation$1.0MWorkday Foundation: $500K on this topic. Open the funder.Workday Foundation$500KThe Ahmanson Foundation: $372K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ahmanson Foundation$372KDrywall and Interior Systems: $199K on this topic. Open the funder.Drywall and Interior Systems$199KCharles A Cannon Trust No 1: $176K on this topic. Open the funder.Charles A Cannon Trust No 1$176KHonorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc: $54K on this topic. Open the funder.Honorable Order of Kentucky C…$54KThe Champlin Foundation: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.The Champlin Foundation$51KClarence Tomlinson Charitable Trust: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Clarence Tomlinson Charitable…$50KKnights of Columbus: $42K on this topic. Open the funder.Knights of Columbus$42KHawaii Construction Industry: $27K on this topic. Open the funder.Hawaii Construction Industry$27KSummer Search: received $4.4M on this topicSummer Search$4.4MPaso Del Norte Community Foundation: received $1.0M on this topicPaso Del Norte Community Founda…$1.0MOpportunity at Work Inc: received $500K on this topicOpportunity at Work Inc$500KWestside Jewish Community Center: received $150K on this topicWestside Jewish Community Center$150KSignatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance: received $130K on this topicSignatory Wall and Ceiling Cont…$130KValley Village: received $113K on this topicValley Village$113KSignatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance: received $69K on this topicSignatory Wall and Ceiling Cont…$69KWest End Baptist Church: received $68K on this topicWest End Baptist Church$68KHear Center: received $59K on this topicHear Center$59KMt Pulaski Historical Society: received $50K on this topicMt Pulaski Historical Society$50KMt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church: received $50K on this topicMt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran…$50KTher Living Ctrs for the Blind: received $50K on this topicTher Living Ctrs for the Blind$50KVarious Entities: received $42K on this topicVarious Entities$42KBogers Chapel United Methodist Church: received $33K on this topicBogers Chapel United Methodist…$33KHawaii Wall & Ceiling Ind Assoc: received $27K on this topicHawaii Wall & Ceiling Ind Assoc$27KWater Into Wine Food Pantry: received $25K on this topicWater Into Wine Food Pantry$25KWarwick Police Athletic League Inc: received $25K on this topicWarwick Police Athletic League…$25KAllison Creek Presbyterian Church: received $25K on this topicAllison Creek Presbyterian Chur…$25KHope Alzheimer's Center: received $23K on this topicHope Alzheimer's Center$23KSos International Inc: received $17K on this topicSos International Inc$17KIon Center for Violence Prevention: received $9K on this topicIon Center for Violence Prevent…$9KRonald Mcdonald House Charities of Kentuckiana: received $3K on this topicRonald Mcdonald House Charities…$3KRhode Island Computer Museum: received $3K on this topicRhode Island Computer Museum$3K
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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 →