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12 funders with a record of paying for “circus”
Where the money went The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc: $676K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Regional Cultural and Performing Arts → Circus Harmony: $86K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cornelia and Michael Bessie Foundation → Flying Gravity Circus: $59K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation → Trenton Civil Circus Project Inc: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Seattle Foundation → School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts: $47K across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris → Dramatic Results: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Huisking Foundation Inc → Circus Arts Conservancy: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable → Prescott Circus Theatre: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce Inc → Circus World Museum Inc: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc → Salida Circus Outreach Foundation: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable → Circus Harmony: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Cats Circ Trav Show Ret Project: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation Inc: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Regional Cultural and Performing Arts → Circus Flora Inc: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation → The Trenton Civil Circus Project: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris → Fern Street Community Arts Inc: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Seattle Foundation → School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc → Salida Circus Outreach: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Circus Harmony: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable → Circus Flora: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc → Salida Circus Outreach Foundation: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Wenatchee Youth Circus: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Circus and Traveling Shows Retirement Project Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Circus City Festival Inc: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts Inc: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → The Circus Arts Place: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Circus Fans Association of America: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Circus Sense: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Circadium: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Edith Johnston Memorial Fund → Circus Arts Conservatory: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co: $762K on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of S… $762K Regional Cultural and Performing Arts: $162K on this topic. Open the funder. Regional Cultural and Perform… $162K The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation: $81K on this topic. Open the funder. The Jay and Linda Grunin Foun… $81K Seattle Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Seattle Foundation $60K Cornelia and Michael Bessie Foundation: $59K on this topic. Open the funder. Cornelia and Michael Bessie F… $59K The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kenneth T and Eileen L No… $55K Edith Johnston Memorial Fund: $49K on this topic. Open the funder. Edith Johnston Memorial Fund $49K The Huisking Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. The Huisking Foundation Inc $40K Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Bernard E & Alba Witkin Chari… $38K Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc: $34K on this topic. Open the funder. Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc $34K Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce Inc: $22K on this topic. Open the funder. Baraboo Area Chamber of Comme… $22K Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Leon and Mary Strauss Charita… $15K The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc: received $676K on this topic The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc $676K Circus Harmony: received $107K on this topic Circus Harmony $107K The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation Inc: received $81K on this topic The Circus Ring of Fame Foundat… $81K Circus Flora Inc: received $75K on this topic Circus Flora Inc $75K Flying Gravity Circus: received $59K on this topic Flying Gravity Circus $59K Trenton Civil Circus Project Inc: received $58K on this topic Trenton Civil Circus Project Inc $58K School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts: received $47K on this topic School of Acrobatics & New Circ… $47K Dramatic Results: received $40K on this topic Dramatic Results $40K Circus Arts Conservancy: received $40K on this topic Circus Arts Conservancy $40K Prescott Circus Theatre: received $38K on this topic Prescott Circus Theatre $38K The Trenton Civil Circus Project: received $23K on this topic The Trenton Civil Circus Project $23K Circus World Museum Inc: received $22K on this topic Circus World Museum Inc $22K Salida Circus Outreach Foundation: received $18K on this topic Salida Circus Outreach Foundati… $18K Fern Street Community Arts Inc: received $15K on this topic Fern Street Community Arts Inc $15K School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts: received $13K on this topic School of Acrobatics and New Ci… $13K Salida Circus Outreach: received $9K on this topic Salida Circus Outreach $9K Cats Circ Trav Show Ret Project: received $8K on this topic Cats Circ Trav Show Ret Project $8K Salida Circus Outreach Foundation: received $8K on this topic Salida Circus Outreach Foundati… $8K Wenatchee Youth Circus: received $8K on this topic Wenatchee Youth Circus $8K Circus City Festival Inc: received $7K on this topic Circus City Festival Inc $7K Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts Inc: received $7K on this topic Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts… $7K Circus and Traveling Shows Retirement Project Inc: received $5K on this topic Circus and Traveling Shows Reti… $5K The Circus Arts Place: received $4K on this topic The Circus Arts Place $4K Circus Fans Association of America: received $3K on this topic Circus Fans Association of Amer… $3K Circus Flora: received $2K on this topic Circus Flora $2K Circus Sense: received $2K on this topic Circus Sense $2K Circadium: received $2K on this topic Circadium $2K Circus Arts Conservatory: received $2K on this topic Circus Arts Conservatory $2K 12 funders, 28 recipients, grants matching “circus” 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: $4,100 to WENATCHEE YOUTH CIRCUS — promotion of circus as a continued form of educati
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Largest: $212,895 to THE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC — general support, program support, scholarship support
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Largest: $18,463 to SCHOOL OF ACROBATICS & NEW CIRCUS ARTS — to provide general support
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Largest: $46,425 to CIRCUS HARMONY — arts and culture programs
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Largest: $30,000 to TRENTON CIVIL CIRCUS PROJECT INC — op/pro asbury park summer initiative
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Largest: $21,000 to FLYING GRAVITY CIRCUS — current use for charitable purposes
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Largest: $5,000 to CIRCUS HARMONY — general charitable purposes
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Largest: $10,000 to CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVANCY — performances/educational prog
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Largest: $20,000 to DRAMATIC RESULTS — steam+ circus at powell
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Largest: $8,000 to CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM INC — sponsor the circus parade
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Largest: $10,000 to PRESCOTT CIRCUS THEATRE — east bay programs
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Largest: $10,000 to Salida Circus Outreach Foundation — program support
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