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12 funders with a record of paying for “cinderella”
Where the money went
Largest: $75,000 to PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC — support of cinderella staged in 2025
Largest: $1,500 to Cinderella Women's Committee — general charitable purposes
Largest: $15,000 to WALKING IRIS MEDIA — cinderella unbound # 2
The Helen G Gifford FoundationVirginia Beach, VA
2 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to RICHMOND BALLET — cinderella lecture demostrations in norfolk public schools
Largest: $3,250 to OPERA FOR THE YOUNG INC — opera for the young's elementary school tour of "cinderella" in wisconsin
Largest: $3,120 to LADIES LEAGUE OF MARSHALL COUNTY — the cinderella project
Largest: $17,500 to Hamline University — scholarships for asli abdi ($5,000), torianna guthrie ($5,000), kyleah jarvi ($2,500), and cinderella nwe ($5,000)
Marriner S Eccles FoundationSalt Lake City, UT
1 matching grant · $150,000 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to BALLET WEST — fy24 production sponsor of swan lake & fy25 refurbishment of "cinderella" set and costume
Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City, OK
1 matching grant · $80,000 · through 2023Largest: $80,000 to LYRIC THEATRE — cinderella - bilingual initiative: deaf and hearing ($80,000)
Largest: $65,000 to OPERA SAN JOSE — support of the streaming of alma deutshcer's opera cinderella
Largest: $100,000 to Friends of Down Syndrome — cinderella ball, forever home
Early Learning Coalition of DuvalJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $61,896 · through 2023Largest: $61,896 to CINDERELLA CHILD DEVELOPMENT CTR — quality grants
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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 →

