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12 funders with a record of paying for “colby”

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Harold Alfond Foundation → Colby College: $29M across 6 grants, latest 2024Lunder Foundation → Colby College: $16M across 33 grants, latest 2025Fore Aces Family Foundation → President & Trustees of Colby College: $2.1M across 16 grants, latest 2024The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → President & Trustees of Colby College: $2.0M across 9 grants, latest 2024The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation → Colby-Sawyer College: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Colby College: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Williams Family Foundation-Ima → Colby College: $241K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Fullgraf Foundation → President & Trustees of Colby College: $234K across 6 grants, latest 2025Colbythomas County → City of Colby: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dane G Hansen Foundation → Cloud Co Comm College: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Hunter Family Charitable Trust → Colby College-Maine: $32K across 4 grants, latest 2025Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation → Colby Sawyer College: $29K across 4 grants, latest 2024Lunder Foundation → Colby College Museum: $8.3M across 10 grants, latest 2023Dane G Hansen Foundation → Usd #315 - Colby: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023Colbythomas County → Colby Public Schools: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2024Hunter Family Charitable Trust → Colby Sawyer College-Nh: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Colby College Museum of Art: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation → Colby College: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2024Williams Family Foundation-Ima → Colby College Swimming: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lunder Foundation → Colby College Museum of Art: $4.7M across 16 grants, latest 2025Dane G Hansen Foundation → Colby Comm College: $44K across 1 grant, latest 2025Colbythomas County → Colby Community College: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024Williams Family Foundation-Ima → Colby Sawyer College: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation → Friends of Athletics- Colby College: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Dane G Hansen Foundation → Colby Communtiy College: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023Dane G Hansen Foundation → City of Colby: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2025Colbythomas County → Colby Community College Foundation: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2021Dane G Hansen Foundation → Thomas Co Comm Fdn: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lunder Foundation → Colby College Museum of Art - in Honor of Paula Lunder: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lunder Foundation: $29M on this topic. Open the funder.Lunder Foundation$29MHarold Alfond Foundation: $29M on this topic. Open the funder.Harold Alfond Foundation$29MFore Aces Family Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Fore Aces Family Foundation$2.1MThe Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Goldman Sachs Charitable…$2.0MThe Helen Gurley Brown Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Helen Gurley Brown Founda…$1.8MThe Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Henry Luce Foundation Inc$1.3MDane G Hansen Foundation: $305K on this topic. Open the funder.Dane G Hansen Foundation$305KWilliams Family Foundation-Ima: $258K on this topic. Open the funder.Williams Family Foundation-Ima$258KColbythomas County: $254K on this topic. Open the funder.Colbythomas County$254KThe Fullgraf Foundation: $234K on this topic. Open the funder.The Fullgraf Foundation$234KHunter Family Charitable Trust: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Hunter Family Charitable Trust$50KLubrano Family Charitable Foundation: $43K on this topic. Open the funder.Lubrano Family Charitable Fou…$43KColby College: received $46M on this topicColby College$46MColby College Museum: received $8.3M on this topicColby College Museum$8.3MColby College Museum of Art: received $4.7M on this topicColby College Museum of Art$4.7MPresident & Trustees of Colby College: received $4.3M on this topicPresident & Trustees of Colby C…$4.3MColby-Sawyer College: received $1.8M on this topicColby-Sawyer College$1.8MColby College: received $1.3M on this topicColby College$1.3MCity of Colby: received $191K on this topicCity of Colby$191KCloud Co Comm College: received $100K on this topicCloud Co Comm College$100KUsd #315 - Colby: received $75K on this topicUsd #315 - Colby$75KColby Comm College: received $44K on this topicColby Comm College$44KColby Public Schools: received $40K on this topicColby Public Schools$40KColby Communtiy College: received $40K on this topicColby Communtiy College$40KColby Sawyer College: received $36K on this topicColby Sawyer College$36KColby College-Maine: received $32K on this topicColby College-Maine$32KColby Community College: received $30K on this topicColby Community College$30KColby Community College Foundation: received $29K on this topicColby Community College Foundat…$29KColby Sawyer College-Nh: received $18K on this topicColby Sawyer College-Nh$18KColby College Museum of Art: received $15K on this topicColby College Museum of Art$15KColby College Swimming: received $10K on this topicColby College Swimming$10KThomas Co Comm Fdn: received $10K on this topicThomas Co Comm Fdn$10KColby College Museum of Art - in Honor of Paula Lunder: received $9K on this topicColby College Museum of Art - i…$9KFriends of Athletics- Colby College: received $2K on this topicFriends of Athletics- Colby Col…$2K
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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 →