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12 funders with a record of paying for “cheese”
Where the money went Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Specialty Cheese Inc: $409K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jobsohio → Biery Cheese Co: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Artisan Cheese Festival → California Artisan Cheese Guild: $128K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rose Community Foundation → Ipoderac's Children Fund: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Food Export USA - Northeast → Orange Cheese Company: $76K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Donald and Maureen Green Foundation → Artisan Cheese Festival: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Tri-State Memorial Hospital → Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lewis-Clark Valley: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Warwick Savings Foundation → Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Day at the Dairy: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Renards Cheese Store LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Codding Foundation → YWCA Sonoma County: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Windham Foundation Inc → American Cheese Society: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Alpinage Cheese LLC: $239K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Green County Ag Chest: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Cheeses of Wisconsin Ach Payee: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Windham Foundation Inc → Amer Cheese Educ Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Holland's Family Cheese: $215K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Belleville Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Cheeses of Wisconsin: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Cedar Grove Cheese Inc: $209K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Widmer's Cheese Cellars Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Tulip Tree Creamery Inc: $172K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin Inc: $134K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Redhead Creamery: $124K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Black Raddish Creamery: $109K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Cinnamon Ridge Inc: $108K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Marcoot Jersey Creamery LLC: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Thistle Dew Dairy: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Uplands Cheese: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Hinterland Dairy Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Kuehnert Milk House: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Maytag Dairy Farms LLC: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Hill Valley Dairy: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Gardner's Wisconsin Cheese LLC: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Eau Galle Cheese Factory LLC: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Wiscon Corporation Dba Caputo Cheese: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Martha & Tom's Farm: $94K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Smith Brothers Creamery LLC: $84K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Jbs Farms LLC: $84K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Terrell Creek Farm LLC: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Charlevoix Cheese Company Inc: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → David Florence: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Union Star Cheese Factory's: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Strack View Farms LLC: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Reny Pico - Old Europe Cheese: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Bobell Cheese Company: $46K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Hemme Dairy LLC: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Jisa Farmstead Cheese Inc: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Blakesville Creamery: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Berning Acres Inc: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Klondike Cheese Co Inc: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association → Grison Dairy & Creamery: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Darlington Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Evansville Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Albany Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Argyle Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Monroe Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Monticello Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → New Glarus Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Orangeville Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Parkview Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Pearl City Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod → Pecatonica Ffa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Wisconsin Cheese Makers Assoc… $3.8M Jobsohio: $250K on this topic. Open the funder. Jobsohio $250K Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese Prod: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. Wi Swiss & Limburger Cheese P… $150K Artisan Cheese Festival: $128K on this topic. Open the funder. Artisan Cheese Festival $128K Rose Community Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Rose Community Foundation $100K Food Export USA - Northeast: $76K on this topic. Open the funder. Food Export USA - Northeast $76K The Donald and Maureen Green Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. The Donald and Maureen Green… $55K Food Export Association of the Midwest USA: $29K on this topic. Open the funder. Food Export Association of th… $29K Tri-State Memorial Hospital: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. Tri-State Memorial Hospital $16K Warwick Savings Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Warwick Savings Foundation $15K Codding Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Codding Foundation $9K The Windham Foundation Inc: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. The Windham Foundation Inc $9K Specialty Cheese Inc: received $409K on this topic Specialty Cheese Inc $409K Biery Cheese Co: received $250K on this topic Biery Cheese Co $250K Alpinage Cheese LLC: received $239K on this topic Alpinage Cheese LLC $239K Holland's Family Cheese: received $215K on this topic Holland's Family Cheese $215K Cedar Grove Cheese Inc: received $209K on this topic Cedar Grove Cheese Inc $209K Widmer's Cheese Cellars Inc: received $200K on this topic Widmer's Cheese Cellars Inc $200K Tulip Tree Creamery Inc: received $172K on this topic Tulip Tree Creamery Inc $172K Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin Inc: received $134K on this topic Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin Inc $134K California Artisan Cheese Guild: received $128K on this topic California Artisan Cheese Guild $128K Redhead Creamery: received $124K on this topic Redhead Creamery $124K Black Raddish Creamery: received $109K on this topic Black Raddish Creamery $109K Cinnamon Ridge Inc: received $108K on this topic Cinnamon Ridge Inc $108K Marcoot Jersey Creamery LLC: received $105K on this topic Marcoot Jersey Creamery LLC $105K Ipoderac's Children Fund: received $100K on this topic Ipoderac's Children Fund $100K Thistle Dew Dairy: received $100K on this topic Thistle Dew Dairy $100K Uplands Cheese: received $100K on this topic Uplands Cheese $100K Hinterland Dairy Inc: received $100K on this topic Hinterland Dairy Inc $100K Kuehnert Milk House: received $100K on this topic Kuehnert Milk House $100K Maytag Dairy Farms LLC: received $100K on this topic Maytag Dairy Farms LLC $100K Hill Valley Dairy: received $100K on this topic Hill Valley Dairy $100K Gardner's Wisconsin Cheese LLC: received $100K on this topic Gardner's Wisconsin Cheese LLC $100K Eau Galle Cheese Factory LLC: received $100K on this topic Eau Galle Cheese Factory LLC $100K Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC: received $100K on this topic Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese… $100K Wiscon Corporation Dba Caputo Cheese: received $100K on this topic Wiscon Corporation Dba Caputo C… $100K Martha & Tom's Farm: received $94K on this topic Martha & Tom's Farm $94K Smith Brothers Creamery LLC: received $84K on this topic Smith Brothers Creamery LLC $84K Jbs Farms LLC: received $84K on this topic Jbs Farms LLC $84K Orange Cheese Company: received $76K on this topic Orange Cheese Company $76K Terrell Creek Farm LLC: received $73K on this topic Terrell Creek Farm LLC $73K Artisan Cheese Festival: received $55K on this topic Artisan Cheese Festival $55K Charlevoix Cheese Company Inc: received $54K on this topic Charlevoix Cheese Company Inc $54K David Florence: received $51K on this topic David Florence $51K Union Star Cheese Factory's: received $48K on this topic Union Star Cheese Factory's $48K Strack View Farms LLC: received $48K on this topic Strack View Farms LLC $48K Reny Pico - Old Europe Cheese: received $47K on this topic Reny Pico - Old Europe Cheese $47K Bobell Cheese Company: received $46K on this topic Bobell Cheese Company $46K Hemme Dairy LLC: received $41K on this topic Hemme Dairy LLC $41K Jisa Farmstead Cheese Inc: received $36K on this topic Jisa Farmstead Cheese Inc $36K Blakesville Creamery: received $29K on this topic Blakesville Creamery $29K Berning Acres Inc: received $18K on this topic Berning Acres Inc $18K Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lewis-Clark Valley: received $16K on this topic Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lewis… $16K Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry: received $15K on this topic Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry $15K Day at the Dairy: received $15K on this topic Day at the Dairy $15K Green County Ag Chest: received $15K on this topic Green County Ag Chest $15K Klondike Cheese Co Inc: received $12K on this topic Klondike Cheese Co Inc $12K Grison Dairy & Creamery: received $12K on this topic Grison Dairy & Creamery $12K Renards Cheese Store LLC: received $10K on this topic Renards Cheese Store LLC $10K Belleville Ffa: received $10K on this topic Belleville Ffa $10K Darlington Ffa: received $10K on this topic Darlington Ffa $10K Evansville Ffa: received $10K on this topic Evansville Ffa $10K Albany Ffa: received $10K on this topic Albany Ffa $10K Argyle Ffa: received $10K on this topic Argyle Ffa $10K Monroe Ffa: received $10K on this topic Monroe Ffa $10K Monticello Ffa: received $10K on this topic Monticello Ffa $10K New Glarus Ffa: received $10K on this topic New Glarus Ffa $10K Orangeville Ffa: received $10K on this topic Orangeville Ffa $10K Parkview Ffa: received $10K on this topic Parkview Ffa $10K Pearl City Ffa: received $10K on this topic Pearl City Ffa $10K Pecatonica Ffa: received $10K on this topic Pecatonica Ffa $10K Cheeses of Wisconsin Ach Payee: received $9K on this topic Cheeses of Wisconsin Ach Payee $9K Cheeses of Wisconsin: received $9K on this topic Cheeses of Wisconsin $9K YWCA Sonoma County: received $9K on this topic YWCA Sonoma County $9K American Cheese Society: received $7K on this topic American Cheese Society $7K Amer Cheese Educ Foundation: received $3K on this topic Amer Cheese Educ Foundation $3K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “cheese” 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: $288,730 to SPECIALTY CHEESE INC — layered block form, improved separation of soft/flocculated curd from whey, fresh cheese packaging, export paneer
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Largest: $15,000 to GREEN COUNTY AG CHEST — to promote the cheese industry
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Largest: $2,500 to AMER CHEESE EDUC FOUNDATION — education regarding cheese products
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Largest: $60,000 to CALIFORNIA ARTISAN CHEESE GUILD — further agency missi
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Largest: $36,032 to ORANGE CHEESE COMPANY — branded program
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Largest: $30,000 to ARTISAN CHEESE FESTIVAL — operational needs
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Largest: $10,150 to RENARDS CHEESE STORE LLC — map atp program
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Largest: $9,650 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEWIS-CLARK VALLEY — partnership for kids, annual campaign, scholarships, grilled cheese program
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Largest: $5,000 to WARWICK ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY — the pantry's mission is to alleviate food insecurity, and the hunger and distress that result. it uses the funds to improve its ability to serve hungry people in the town of warwic…
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Largest: $5,000 to YWCA SONOMA COUNTY — toward women, wine, chefs & cheese event, april 23 fund-a-need pledge
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Largest: $100,000 to Ipoderac's Children Fund — ipoderac cheese factory transformation
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Largest: $250,000 to BIERY CHEESE CO — economic development
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